Patent attributes
A non-transitory computer-readable medium is provided. The medium comprises a set of instructions, which, when executed by a processing system associated with a database or data warehouse, causes the processing system to retrieve data from a data source in accordance with a mapping between a first set of partitions and a second set of partitions, the first set of partitions being associated with the data source and the second set of partitions being associated with the database. The set of instructions, when executed by the processing system, further causes the processing system to load the retrieved data into the database. Retrieving the data and loading the retrieved data comprise a single logical unit of work. A database system and a method executed by a processing system associated with a database are also provided.

