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| ==== External Sources for Raw Data Files ==== | ==== External Sources for Raw Data Files ==== | ||
| - | Raw data files are commonly generated from relational databases, third party tools, vendor subscriptions and applications. | + | Raw data files are commonly generated from relational databases, third party tools, vendor subscriptions, and applications. |
| * **RDBMS Exports** - Relational databases and office products often have export utilities that create raw data files. These may be delimited files or fixed-length data files. | * **RDBMS Exports** - Relational databases and office products often have export utilities that create raw data files. These may be delimited files or fixed-length data files. | ||
| - | * **Third-party Tools** - Extract, transformation and loading (ETL) tools can produce a wide variety of delimited and fixed-length data file. | + | * **Third-party Tools** - Extract, transformation and loading (ETL) tools can produce a wide variety of delimited and fixed-length data files. |
| * **Vendor Subscriptions** - Vendors often distribute their data using delimited or fixed-length data files, either as one-time distributions or regular subscriptions. | * **Vendor Subscriptions** - Vendors often distribute their data using delimited or fixed-length data files, either as one-time distributions or regular subscriptions. | ||