EL,ETL & ELT : Data Engineering Concepts for Your next Interview

As a Data Engineer we often need to build Pipelines for our unprocessed data to be useful to the consumers (e.g. Analyst).

But what are the processes to do that? There comes EL,ETL & ELT. These are the data Pipeline processes used by data engineers. Let's dive deep into it.

What is EL?

EL stands for Extract and Load. Let's Learn what is Extract & Learn.

Extract: Extraction is the process of obtaining data from a database or other data source.

Load: The procedure of putting data into a data storage system is referred to as loading.

EL is generally used when the data is already cleaned and doesn't require any additional process to go through so that the consumer can use it right away.

What is ETL?

ETL: Extract , Transform, Load- This method used by a data pipeline to duplicate data from a source system into a target system, such as a cloud data warehouse has an extra step in the process. i.e Transfrom.

Transform: A schema-on-write strategy is used at this stage, which applies the data's schema using SQL or modifies the data before analysing it. The following items may be included in this stage:

• The data is filtered, cleansed, de-duplicated, validated, and authenticated.
• Using raw data to perform computations, translations, data analysis, or summaries. This could encompass anything from standardising row and column headings to converting currencies or units of measurement, modifying text strings, and adding or averaging values—whatever is required to meet the organization's specific BI or analytical needs.
• Data that is subject to government or industry restrictions is removed, encrypted, hidden, or otherwise protected.
• Data is formatted into tables or connected tables according to the warehouse model.

What is ELT?

As the name suggests, in ELT The Load process is done after Extraction and then it is transformed according to the need of consumer. The process order is different. However there are some more differences.

Difference between ELT& ETL

ELT

The process is simpler with ELT because it does not require "keys" or other identifiers to transfer and use data. The ELT process has been enhanced, and numerous advanced ELT tools are now available to assist with data migration. Because there are fewer steps in the process, it takes less time to load. The ELT solution for business intelligence systems was born out of the necessity to load unstructured data fast. Supporting a cloud-based automated ELT solution can also be low-maintenance.The target data store in ELT can be a data warehouse, but it's more likely to be a data lake, which is a huge central store that can hold both structured and unstructured data at massive scale.

ETL

ETL data provides greater definition from the start, but it takes longer to transfer the data accurately. Instead of real-time updates, this approach just requires periodic updates of information. Because of the multiple processes in the transformation stage that must occur before importing the data, ETL load times are longer than ELT.

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