Beginner’s Guide: Extract Transform Load (ETL) Playbook- Incremental load

Nnaemezue Obi-Eyisi
5 min readMay 1, 2021

The intended audience of this article are IT enthusiasts and beginner-level data engineers interested in understanding some data engineering principles

In the previous post (read here), I explored the rationale behind ETL and talked about how we can achieve full data extraction from a source system to a target system. In this post, I would focus our attention on incremental data extraction and some common design patterns.

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Nnaemezue Obi-Eyisi

I am passionate about empowering, educating, and encouraging individuals pursuing a career in data engineering. Currently a Senior Data Engineer at Capgemini