7 Data Entities

Learn about how you can create and import data entities that you can then use to create data flows to transform data.

Topics:

• Work with Data Entities
  A Data Entity is a tabular representation of a data structure.
• Import Data Entities
  The easiest and most common way to create a Data Entity is by importing its structure from the connection type (for example, Oracle database).
• Create Data Entities
  You can manually create or update the Data Entities through the Oracle Data Transforms interface.
• Create Data Entities within the Data Flow editor
  If you have already created or imported your target data entity, then you would drag the data entity onto the Design Canvas and complete the column mappings and options.
• View Statistics of Data Entities
  The Preview tab displays detailed statistics of each data entity.