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Let us understand the following terms first before defining Oracle Data

integrator

Metadata:

The descriptive information about the information system and its contents is
called metadata.

Integration Platform:

An integration platform move and transform the data or information across the
information system

Development Platform:

A development platform used to define business rules

Definition of Oracle Data Integrator:

An Oracle data integrator is an integration platform and development platform.

It uses the business-rules driven approach and E-LT approach.

It is based on metadata which is stored in centralized repository called metadata


repository.

It is simply faster integration tool.

What is Oracle data integrator?


It is a ELT tool
It is an integration platform. It moves and transform information across the Information system
servers
It is a development platform. It follows business-rules driven approach and E-LT approach for
developing datawarehouses.
Using business approach the developer can focus his efforts on the business side of integration
instead of focusing on the technical aspects.
ELT means extacting , Loading and then transforming. But the traditional approach like
informatica, data stage follows ETL exttracting, transforming and then loading. ODI does not run
or execute the integration process by itself. It takes the advantage or help of a process that
leverages existing systems.
It has a centralized repository since it is based on metadata.
Metadata means data about data. In other words it describes the information system and its
contents. ODI centarl repository is used to store this metadata.
It provides faster approach for integration.
Therefore ODI is "simply Faster Integration"

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