General use. The general purpose of an ODS is to integrate data from disparate source systems in a single structure, using data integration technologies like data virtualization, data federation, or extract, transform, and load (ETL). This will allow operational access to the data for operational reporting, master data or reference data management. An ODS is not a replacement or …

A data processing system is a combination of machines, people, and processes that for a set of inputs produces a defined set of outputs.The inputs and outputs are interpreted as data, facts, information etc. depending on the interpreter's relation to the system.. A term commonly used synonymously with data or storage (codes) processing system is information system.