What is data transformation?
The conversion, cleansing, and structuring of data into a usable format that can be analyzed to support decision-making processes and propel an organization’s growth is known as data transformation. When data needs to be transformed to match that of the destination system, data transformation is used. Two locations in the data pipeline may experience this. An extract, transform, and load process is used initially by businesses with on-site data storage, with the data transformation occurring during the middle “transform” step. Cloud-based data warehouses are becoming increasingly popular with businesses due to their rapid capacity expansion. The ETL procedure can be skipped by cloud-based businesses due to the extensive scalability available. Instead, they employ extract, load, and transform, a transformation procedure that converts the data as it is uploaded. Data transformation can be handled either manually or automatically, or a combination of the two. How does ...