Learn about the Replicat process, its types, and steps to add a replicat, and other tasks associated with Replicat.

For the following two common uses cases of Oracle GoldenGate, the function of the Replicat process is as follows:

• Initial Loads: When you set up Oracle GoldenGate for initial loads, the Replicat process applies a static data copy to target objects or routes the data to a high-speed bulk-load utility.
• Change Synchronization: When you set up Oracle GoldenGate to keep the target database synchronized with the source database, the Replicat process applies the source operations to the target objects using a native database interface or ODBC, depending on the database type.

You can configure multiple Replicat processes with one or more Extract processes to increase the throughput. To preserve data integrity, each set of processes handles a different set of objects. To differentiate among Replicat processes, you assign each one a group name.