Oracle Data Integrator

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Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is an Extract, load and transform (ELT) (in contrast with the ETL common approach) tool produced by Oracle that offers a graphical environment to build, manage and maintain data integration processes in business intelligence systems.

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History

Oracle purchased Sunopsis in October 2006 [1] and re-branded it as Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). The aim of this acquisition was to enhance the Oracle Fusion Middleware offering, which required broad support to heterogeneous sources and targets. After the purchase Oracle continued to offer separately ODI as well as its former ETL product Oracle Warehouse Builder. On January 2010 Oracle announced their intention to merge them into a single product (Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition).

Components

Oracle Data Integrator comprises the following components:

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References

  1. "Oracle Buys Sunopsis". oracle.com (Press release). Oracle. 9 October 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2020.