Building the Data Warehouse

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John Wiley & Sons, Oct 1, 2002 - Computers - 432 pages
The data warehousing bible updated for the new millennium

Updated and expanded to reflect the many technological advances occurring since the previous edition, this latest edition of the data warehousing "bible" provides a comprehensive introduction to building data marts, operational data stores, the Corporate Information Factory, exploration warehouses, and Web-enabled warehouses. Written by the father of the data warehouse concept, the book also reviews the unique requirements for supporting e-business and explores various ways in which the traditional data warehouse can be integrated with new technologies to provide enhanced customer service, sales, and support-both online and offline-including near-line data storage techniques.

 

Contents

Chapter 1 Evolution of Decision Support Systems
1
Chapter 2 The Data Warehouse Environment
31
Chapter 3 The Data Warehouse and Design
81
Chapter 4 Granularity in the Data Warehouse
147
Chapter 5 The Data Warehouse and Technology
167
Chapter 6 The Distributed Data Warehouse
201
Chapter 7 Executive Information Systems and the Data Warehouse
247
Chapter 8 ExternalUnstructured Data and the Data Warehouse
265
Chapter 10 The Data Warehouse and the Web
297
Chapter 11 ERP and the Data Warehouse
311
Chapter 12 Data Warehouse Design Review Checklist
321
Appendix
343
Glossary
385
Reference
397
Index
407
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Chapter 9 Migration to the Architected Environment
277

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W. H. INMON is the acknowledged "Father of Data Warehousing" and a partner in www.billinmon.com, a Web site for information on data warehousing and related technologies. He has written over forty books on database, database management, and data warehousing technologies and is a frequent speaker (and often the keynote) at major database conferences.

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