Question

I am parsing large amounts of complex files (mostly CSV files but some are not) and I need to structure/parse them into some standard formats. This not only involves row wise cleanup of data but some simple individual cell-based logic. I want a tool that a non-programmer can use also so a business team member can write simple drag and drop logic and not take up engineering time. So far, I have looked at Google Refine and Data wrangler and the last one looks great. Are there any other such tools out there?

Answer 1

ETL tools are oriented more towards relational databases, but also have support for XML and CSV file input/output. Examples:

• http://www.talendforge.org/
• http://kettle.pentaho.com/

Could easily be too complicated for your requirements though. Also, see this similar question on SO (with additional links): What software is availible for data quality checking .