Chapter 8. Integrating File Data
While databases are obviously extremely significant in the realm of data integration, a large amount of data is held in flat files.
In this chapter, we'll be taking a look at how ODI plays a significant part in simplifying the integration of flat-file data using concepts and approaches that are identical to those used with database-hosted data, thereby dramatically reducing the learning curve. It also helps simplify the developer skills needed to use some of the specialized bulk data import/export functionality that databases provide, since that specialized functionality is encapsulated in Knowledge Modules.
Specifically what we'll cover in this chapter is:
- Extend the ODI Topology definition to refer to some input ...
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