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-# de-project-bentley
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+# ToteSys - Data Engineering Project
+
+# Summary
+The project aims to implement a data platform that can extract data from an
+operational database, archive it in a data lake, and make it easily accessible
+within a remodelled OLAP data warehouse.
+
+The solution showcases our skills in:
+
+- Python
+- PostgreSQL
+- Database modelling
+- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
+- Agile methodologies
+
+# Main Objective
+
+Our goal is to create a reliable ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipeline that
+can:
+
+1. Extract the data from the `totesys` operational database
+2. Store the data in AWS S3 buckets, that will form our data lake
+3. Transform the data into a suitable schema for the data warehouse
+4. Load the transformed data into the data warehouse hosted on AWS
+
+# Key Features
+
+We aim for the project to have certain features. Some are more prioritised than
+others.
+
+- [ ] Automated data ingestion from `totesys` db
+- [ ] Data storage for ingested and processed data in S3 buckets
+- [ ] Data transformation for data warehouse schema
+- [ ] Automated data loading into the data warehouse schema
+- [ ] Logging and monitoring with CloudWatch
+- [ ] Notifications for errors and successful runs (e.g. successful ingestion)
+- [ ] Visualisation of warehouse data
+
+# Test Coverage
+TBA
+
+# Contributors
+TBA
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