diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLCallback.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLCallback.java
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+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLCallback.java
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+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2022.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.processes.implementations.etl.basic;
+
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.callbacks.QProcessCallback;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.query.QQueryFilter;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QFieldMetaData;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Provide callback functionality for the BasicETL process
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class BasicETLCallback implements QProcessCallback
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Get the filter query for this callback.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public QQueryFilter getQueryFilter()
+   {
+      // todo - possibly get something from params?  through state?  added as a method arg?
+      return null;
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Get the field values for this callback.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:Indentation")
+   @Override
+   public Map<String, Serializable> getFieldValues(List<QFieldMetaData> fields)
+   {
+      Map<String, Serializable> rs = new HashMap<>();
+      for(QFieldMetaData field : fields)
+      {
+         // TODO - replace this whole thing with our params mechanism
+         // TODO - add default methods to the interface that throw, presumably?
+         rs.put(field.getName(), switch(field.getName())
+            {
+               case BasicETLProcess.FIELD_SOURCE_TABLE -> "personFile";
+               case BasicETLProcess.FIELD_DESTINATION_TABLE -> "person";
+               default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unhandled field: " + field.getName());
+            });
+      }
+      return (rs);
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLExtractFunction.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLExtractFunction.java
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLExtractFunction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2022.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.processes.implementations.etl.basic;
+
+
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.QueryAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.interfaces.FunctionBody;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunFunctionRequest;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunFunctionResult;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.query.QueryRequest;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.query.QueryResult;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Function body for performing the Extract step of a basic ETL process.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class BasicETLExtractFunction implements FunctionBody
+{
+   @Override
+   public void run(RunFunctionRequest runFunctionRequest, RunFunctionResult runFunctionResult) throws QException
+   {
+      QueryRequest queryRequest = new QueryRequest(runFunctionRequest.getInstance());
+      queryRequest.setSession(runFunctionRequest.getSession());
+      queryRequest.setTableName(runFunctionRequest.getValueString(BasicETLProcess.FIELD_SOURCE_TABLE));
+      // queryRequest.setSkip(integerQueryParam(context, "skip"));
+      // queryRequest.setLimit(integerQueryParam(context, "limit"));
+
+      // todo? String filter = stringQueryParam(context, "filter");
+      // if(filter != null)
+      // {
+      //    queryRequest.setFilter(JsonUtils.toObject(filter, QQueryFilter.class));
+      // }
+
+      QueryAction queryAction = new QueryAction();
+      QueryResult queryResult = queryAction.execute(queryRequest);
+
+      runFunctionResult.setRecords(queryResult.getRecords());
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLLoadFunction.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLLoadFunction.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23380e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLLoadFunction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2022.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.processes.implementations.etl.basic;
+
+
+import java.util.List;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.InsertAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.interfaces.FunctionBody;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.insert.InsertRequest;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.insert.InsertResult;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunFunctionRequest;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunFunctionResult;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.data.QRecord;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.CollectionUtils;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Function body for performing the Load step of a basic ETL process.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class BasicETLLoadFunction implements FunctionBody
+{
+   @Override
+   public void run(RunFunctionRequest runFunctionRequest, RunFunctionResult runFunctionResult) throws QException
+   {
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // exit early with no-op if no records made it here //
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      if(CollectionUtils.nullSafeIsEmpty(runFunctionRequest.getRecords()))
+      {
+         runFunctionResult.addValue(BasicETLProcess.FIELD_RECORD_COUNT, 0);
+         return;
+      }
+
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // put the destination table name in all records being inserted //
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      String table = runFunctionRequest.getValueString(BasicETLProcess.FIELD_DESTINATION_TABLE);
+      for(QRecord record : runFunctionRequest.getRecords())
+      {
+         record.setTableName(table);
+      }
+
+      //////////////////////////////////////////
+      // run an insert request on the records //
+      //////////////////////////////////////////
+      InsertRequest insertRequest = new InsertRequest(runFunctionRequest.getInstance());
+      insertRequest.setSession(runFunctionRequest.getSession());
+      insertRequest.setTableName(table);
+      insertRequest.setRecords(runFunctionRequest.getRecords());
+
+      InsertAction insertAction = new InsertAction();
+      InsertResult insertResult = insertAction.execute(insertRequest);
+
+      runFunctionResult.setRecords(insertResult.getRecords());
+      runFunctionResult.addValue(BasicETLProcess.FIELD_RECORD_COUNT, insertResult.getRecords().size());
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLProcess.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLProcess.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6dd0287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLProcess.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2022.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.processes.implementations.etl.basic;
+
+
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QCodeReference;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QCodeType;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QCodeUsage;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QFieldMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QFieldType;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QFunctionInputMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QFunctionMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QFunctionOutputMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QProcessMetaData;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Definition for Basic ETL process.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class BasicETLProcess
+{
+   public static final String FIELD_SOURCE_TABLE      = "sourceTable";
+   public static final String FIELD_DESTINATION_TABLE = "destinationTable";
+   public static final String FIELD_RECORD_COUNT      = "recordCount";
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public QProcessMetaData defineProcessMetaData()
+   {
+      QFunctionMetaData extractFunction = new QFunctionMetaData()
+         .withName("extract")
+         .withCode(new QCodeReference()
+            .withName(BasicETLExtractFunction.class.getName())
+            .withCodeType(QCodeType.JAVA)
+            .withCodeUsage(QCodeUsage.FUNCTION))
+         .withInputData(new QFunctionInputMetaData()
+            .addField(new QFieldMetaData(FIELD_SOURCE_TABLE, QFieldType.STRING)));
+
+      QFunctionMetaData loadFunction = new QFunctionMetaData()
+         .withName("load")
+         .withCode(new QCodeReference()
+            .withName(BasicETLLoadFunction.class.getName())
+            .withCodeType(QCodeType.JAVA)
+            .withCodeUsage(QCodeUsage.FUNCTION))
+         .withInputData(new QFunctionInputMetaData()
+            .addField(new QFieldMetaData(FIELD_DESTINATION_TABLE, QFieldType.STRING)))
+         .withOutputMetaData(new QFunctionOutputMetaData()
+            .addField(new QFieldMetaData(FIELD_RECORD_COUNT, QFieldType.INTEGER)));
+
+      return new QProcessMetaData()
+         .withName("etl.basic")
+         .addFunction(extractFunction)
+         .addFunction(loadFunction);
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLProcessTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLProcessTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfb5fe9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/etl/basic/BasicETLProcessTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2022.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.processes.implementations.etl.basic;
+
+
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.RunProcessAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunProcessRequest;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunProcessResult;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QFieldMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QFieldType;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QTableMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QProcessMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.TestUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Unit test for BasicETLProcess
+ *******************************************************************************/
+class BasicETLProcessTest
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   public void test() throws QException
+   {
+      BasicETLProcess   basicETLProcess = new BasicETLProcess();
+      QProcessMetaData  processMetaData = basicETLProcess.defineProcessMetaData();
+      QInstance         instance        = TestUtils.defineInstance();
+      RunProcessRequest request         = new RunProcessRequest(instance);
+
+      instance.addProcess(processMetaData);
+      defineFileBackendAndPersonFileTable(instance);
+
+      request.setSession(TestUtils.getMockSession());
+      request.setProcessName(processMetaData.getName());
+      request.setCallback(new BasicETLCallback()); // todo - uh, maybe a method on the process to get its callback?
+      RunProcessResult result = new RunProcessAction().execute(request);
+      assertNotNull(result);
+      assertNull(result.getError());
+      assertTrue(result.getRecords().stream().allMatch(r -> r.getValues().containsKey("id")), "records should have an id, set by the process");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Define the 'person' table used in standard tests.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static void defineFileBackendAndPersonFileTable(QInstance instance)
+   {
+      QTableMetaData personFileTable = new QTableMetaData()
+         .withName("personFile")
+         .withLabel("Person File")
+         .withBackendName(TestUtils.DEFAULT_BACKEND_NAME)
+         .withPrimaryKeyField("id")
+         .withField(new QFieldMetaData("id", QFieldType.INTEGER))
+         .withField(new QFieldMetaData("createDate", QFieldType.DATE_TIME))
+         .withField(new QFieldMetaData("modifyDate", QFieldType.DATE_TIME))
+         .withField(new QFieldMetaData("firstName", QFieldType.STRING))
+         .withField(new QFieldMetaData("lastName", QFieldType.STRING))
+         .withField(new QFieldMetaData("birthDate", QFieldType.DATE))
+         .withField(new QFieldMetaData("email", QFieldType.STRING))
+         .withField(new QFieldMetaData("homeState", QFieldType.STRING).withPossibleValueSourceName("state"));
+
+      instance.addTable(personFileTable);
+   }
+
+}
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