A ROUTE is an ETL pipeline that moves data from a data SOURCE to a data TARGET. A ROUTE consists of several elements: 

• A SOURCE adaptor that receives data from an external system.
• SOURCE records:
  • A set of fields that comprise the starting point for transformations.
  • Are persisted to the K3 database.
• Transformations (Mappings & Rules)
• TARGET records:
  • A new set of fields that comprise the transformed data.
  • Are persisted to the K3 database.
• A TARGET adaptor that delivers transformed data to an external system.