The following series will be a high level look at the pieces, components, and basic workings of ODI, which should help any reader comprehend some of the finer pieces of this data integration and ELT tool. The following series will be a high level look at the pieces, components, and basic workings of ODI, which should help any reader comprehend some of the finer pieces of this data integration and ELT tool. The GUI graphical modules are listed above. The four ODI GUIs – Designer, Operator, Topology Manager and Security Manager, are based on Java. They can be installed on any platform that supports Java Virtual Machine 1.4, including Windows, Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, pSeries and so on. Designer is the GUI for defining metadata, and rules for transformation and data quality. It uses these to generate scenarios for production, and is where all project development takes place. It is the core module for developers and metadata administrators. Operator is used to manage a...