Data flow - Technology
Data pipeline
An automated flow that moves and reshapes data from one place to another
What's it for?
Moves and prepares data automatically so reports and other systems stay up to date.
For example…
Each night, an automated process takes new shop orders, tidies the data and updates the sales dashboard before staff arrive in the morning
A data pipeline extracts orders from the website, converts timestamps and currency, then loads the results into the reporting warehouse.
Think of it like…
A water treatment plant: water follows a set route through different stages where it is checked, filtered and changed before reaching its destination