Explain a real-world scenario where job dependencies are crucial for ensuring the correct order of execution in a mainframe job scheduling environment.
- Daily batch processing
- Data processing pipeline
- Financial transaction processing
- Report generation
In a data processing pipeline, each stage depends on the successful completion of the previous stage. For example, in ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, data extraction must precede data transformation, and transformation must precede data loading.
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