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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
May. 29, 2003
Kevin Paul Kornelson, Redmond, WA (US);
Murali Vajjiravel, Sammamish, WA (US);
Rajeev Prasad, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul D. Clark, Sammamish, WA (US);
Tarek Najm, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kevin Paul Kornelson, Redmond, WA (US);
Murali Vajjiravel, Sammamish, WA (US);
Rajeev Prasad, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul D. Clark, Sammamish, WA (US);
Tarek Najm, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Developing an ETL system for transforming data prior to loading the data into a data warehouse. An embodiment of the invention automatically generates configuration files from an input data flow diagram defining the ETL system. The configuration files or other metafiles control execution of the processes illustrated in the data flow diagram. The invention includes a notation for use in the data flow diagram.