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elt

/iː.ˈɛl.tiː/ - n.

1 [colloq.] ETL, but the part nobody documented now runs where the compute bill can see it.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. Extract, load, transform: raw data lands in the warehouse first and is reshaped in place, deferring transformation to the destination.

Filed

See also

data martThe version of the numbers a team built so it would stop having to agree with the other teams.
dbt modelA SQL file that turned a folder of opinions about 'revenue' into a folder of opinions under version control.
etlThree verbs, four teams, and no agreement on which one owns the part that broke.
transformationWhere the business logic lives, defined by whoever happened to write the join and unavailable for comment.