A load plan is an executable object that comprises and organizes the child objects (referred to as steps) that carry out the ETL process. A load plan is made up of a sequence of several types of steps. Each step can contain several child steps. Depending on the step type, the steps can be executed conditionally, in parallel or sequentially.
You define a load plan in Oracle BI Applications Configuration Manager by selecting a data source and one or more fact groups. This selection determines which steps need to be performed during the ETL process. Each fact group belongs to a specific functional area or areas that are associated with one or more offerings, which, in turn, are related to a data server. A transactional data source is associated with one or more data servers.
After you define the load plan, you then generate it to build it in the ODI repository. You then execute the load plan to perform the ETL process.
For more information about working with Oracle BI Applications load plans, see Managing Load Plans . For information about the topic of load plans in the context of Oracle Data Integrator, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle Data Integrator.