README file for Outsourcer *********************************************************************************** Site: http://www.PivotalGuru.com Author: Jon Roberts Email: jgronline@gmail.com *********************************************************************************** Outsourcer automates the tasks typically done manually by ETL developers to source data from SQL Server and Oracle and load into Greenplum or HAWQ database. * Connects to Source databases (SQL Server or Oracle) * Converts Source DDL to Greenplum/HAWQ syntax and creates target schema and table * Loads data into Greenplum/HAWQ automatically * Supports multiple job types: * Refresh (truncate and reload) * Append (add only new data from source) * Replication (tracks changes in the source and applies the changes) * Transform (SQL commands to execute in Greenplum/HAWQ) * Multi-threaded with dynamic number of jobs to execute concurrently * Scheduler for recurring job execution * Open Source! * Automatic data cleansing * Utilizes gpfdist for fast data loading