I will split your question in two parts -: 1) What needs to be tested You have already covered some critical scenarios. Besides these following should also be covered-: -Ensure that all expected data is loaded into target table. -Compare record counts between source and target. -Check for any rejected records -Null, non-unique or out of range data -Verify default values -Verify Field Boundaries, range/distribution of value -Verify unique keys, primary keys -Verify any derivations & Calculation in the tables -Verify the data Load technique (Incremental/ Full Refresh) 2) How can this be tested -? In my opinion there are three ways to test this scenario-: i) Using Third Party utility. You can use programming languages like Python/ Java for loading the data in some test database and doing the data comparison. ii) Manual comparison -: For some subset of data You can stare and compare the data between source & Target Databases. Or You can download samples of data from Source & Target in Excel and use Macros for data Comparison & Validation. But as this involves manual steps, this will be time consuming & will not give good data coverage. iii) Using ETL test Automation tools – You can check some tools like Query Surge , BI Validator which can do file to DB comparison.