📊 Real-World & Case-Based Topics in ETL Testing

 🎯 Real-World & Case-Based ETL Testing Topics

1. End-to-End ETL Workflow Testing

Case Scenario: Testing data flow from OLTP source systems (e.g., Oracle) into a Data Warehouse (e.g., Snowflake or Redshift).


Focus:


Data mapping validation


Transformation logic testing


Source-to-target (S2T) record-level comparison


2. Data Reconciliation and Validation

Case Scenario: Ensuring data consistency after nightly batch ETL jobs.


Focus:


Row count and column sum validation


Referential integrity across multiple fact and dimension tables


Timestamp validation for delta loads


3. Incremental & Delta Load Testing

Case Scenario: Daily ETL jobs load only new or changed records.


Focus:


Change data capture (CDC) verification


Duplicate handling


Historical data maintenance


4. ETL Testing for Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD)

Case Scenario: Validating how changes in dimension records are tracked.


Focus:


Type 1: Overwrite


Type 2: Versioning with history


Type 3: Tracking limited history with new columns


5. Error Handling & Data Quality Testing

Case Scenario: ETL process must reject invalid records but log them for auditing.


Focus:


Null, range, format, and pattern validation


Reject logs & audit trail verification


Business rule testing


6. Performance Testing of ETL Jobs

Case Scenario: A job that fails SLA due to growing data volume.


Focus:


Job runtime monitoring


Bottleneck identification (e.g., joins, lookups)


Volume testing (large datasets)


7. Regression Testing in ETL Pipelines

Case Scenario: A minor schema update causes incorrect reporting downstream.


Focus:


Retesting impacted tables or jobs


Baseline vs new data comparison


Automated comparison tools (e.g., QuerySurge, Informatica Data Validation)


8. ETL Testing in Big Data Environment

Case Scenario: Testing data ingestion from Kafka to Hive/HBase/Spark.


Focus:


Parquet/Avro format validation


Partitioning & bucketing


Hive queries vs source validation


9. Data Masking and PII Validation

Case Scenario: Testing if sensitive data is masked before reaching non-prod environments.


Focus:


Masked vs original data


Tokenization checks


Compliance with GDPR/HIPAA


10. Metadata & Schema Validation

Case Scenario: A data source updates column names or data types unexpectedly.


Focus:


Schema drift detection


Metadata consistency between source & target


Automated schema comparison tools


11. ETL Testing in CI/CD Pipelines

Case Scenario: Automated testing before production deployment of ETL jobs.


Focus:


Integration with Jenkins, Git, Docker


Unit testing of transformations


Automated validation scripts (SQL/Python/Shell)


12. BI/Reporting Layer Validation

Case Scenario: Tableau/Power BI reports show incorrect totals.


Focus:


Validate summary KPIs vs DWH values


Report-to-source drill-through testing


Aggregation logic verification


🧠 Bonus: Hands-On Case Study Ideas

Case Study Title Focus Area

Sales Data ETL Pipeline for E-Commerce Full cycle testing (S2T, delta)

Healthcare Claims ETL Audit Data integrity & masking checks

Financial ETL Load Performance Testing SLA, volume, bottlenecks

Telecom Churn ETL for Predictive Model SCD, historical accuracy

IoT Data Load from Kafka to Snowflake Real-time data validation


✅ Tools to Explore for Real Projects

SQL + Python → custom validations


Talend / Informatica / SSIS → ETL tools


QuerySurge, Datagaps, Datameer → test automation


Apache Hive, Spark, Airflow → Big Data ETL testing


Power BI / Tableau → report validation

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