Because both the technology and the MIGRATION have a similar profile of highly structured, rules-based activities, ROBOTIC automation is an ideal fit for this task. A typical migration process, for example, follows this high-level extract, transform, and load (ETL) approach:

• Extract Design: A well-defined method for the extraction, storage, and verification of data is required.
• Transform: A migration design must specify how data will be converted in order to achieve the desired data structure.
• Load: The specifics of how the extracted, converted and mapped data is mapped into the target structure must be established.
• Test and Recovery: Unit and integration test PROCESSES, reporting, and exit criteria, as well as roll-back and recovery procedures for each stage of the migration, must all be planned.

Because this methodology specifies procedures, rules, sequential actions, and needed outcomes for each step – from the current state to the to-be current state – it's a perfect match for RPA technology's automation requirements. RPA's flexible integration PROTOCOLS also allow it to swiftly and reliably COLLECT and load data from a variety of sources.