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Data pipeline

A data pipeline is an automated process that moves data from one or more sources to a destination, such as a warehouse.

Written by Reflective Data experts · updated Oct 5, 2026

Pipelines extract data from tools like analytics platforms, ad networks and databases, optionally clean it, and load it where analysts can use it. Good pipelines are monitored, retry on failure and keep history.

The hard part is not the first load, it is keeping dozens of sources reliable as APIs and schemas change over time.

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Change data capture (CDC)ELT (extract, load, transform)ETL (extract, transform, load)Reverse ETL

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