Data Warehousing / Big Data → Analytic Functions
Staging tables are heap tables optimized for fast data ingestion and for handling volatile data. Key table attributes are set to defaults for these use cases without any additional user interaction.
Business Benefit: Creating staging tables rather than 'normal' tables saves you time and effort so that you do not need to tune your table attributes for fast data ingestion with volatile data content. A staging table is configured by default with optimal configuration settings in order to guarantee the best possible performance and to avoid unnecessary performance debugging and tuning.