Oracle Migration Toolkit

Oracle Database is a database management system, and it is the world's most popular database for running online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing (DW) and mixed (OLTP & DW) database workloads. Of course, this doesn't mean it is the only database management system out there, and such a popular system requires a way to convert to and from the various formats out there. That is where Oracle Migration Toolkit comes into the spotlight, as it is a software pack to convert any data source to Oracle and vice versa.

There are many database system formats out there, and this kit pretty much covers all of the most important ones currently being used. For example, the kit includes components that can efficiently able to convert to and from MS Access, DBF, MySQL, Excel, MMSQL, PostgreSQL. Conversion times are short and the entire process is done in a lossless fashion, with no loss in formats in the majority of cases (such as inserted formulas). The kit is available on both x32 and x64 versions of the Windows servers without the need to have any actual Oracle components installed.

The program is more than just a simple converter, as the actual settings that can be used to take the whole task a step further.  For example, you can perform partial conversions, save conversion parameters to individual profiles, and even command-line support that allows to script, automate and schedule conversions. Each conversion is done in a wizard-style interface which itself is arranged in a way that makes it easy-to-use and self-explanatory, allowing even those with not much experience using computers to get the hang of the software in no time.

Oracle Migration Toolkit isn't a single software tool, but the fact that any of the components can installed, accessed and uninstalled just as easily make this a minor oversight. It works efficiently, and for those that know how to make use of the command-line feature, could result in hundreds of hours or work being saved to be used on other matters.​​​