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etl

/iː.tiː.ˈɛl/ - n.

1 [colloq.] Three verbs, four teams, and no agreement on which one owns the part that broke.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. Extract, transform, load: a pattern that moves data from source systems, reshapes it, then writes it to a destination warehouse.

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See also

eltETL, but the part nobody documented now runs where the compute bill can see it.
orchestrationThe discipline of deciding which job runs first, now practiced by three tools that each believe they are in charge.
pipeline ownershipA field in the catalog set to the name of someone who left in March.
transformationWhere the business logic lives, defined by whoever happened to write the join and unavailable for comment.