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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140833603321

Autore

Ponniah Paulraj

Titolo

Data warehousing fundamentals for IT professionals / / Paulraj Ponniah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2010

ISBN

9786612707629

9781118211304

1118211308

9781282707627

1282707620

9780470604137

0470604131

9780470604113

0470604115

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (601 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PonniahPaulraj

Disciplina

005.74/5

Soggetti

Data warehousing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed. published under title: Data warehousing fundamentals.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-556) and index.

Nota di contenuto

DATA WAREHOUSING FUNDAMENTALS FOR IT PROFESSIONALS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART 1 OVERVIEW AND CONCEPTS; 1 THE COMPELLING NEED FOR DATA WAREHOUSING; 2 DATA WAREHOUSE: THE BUILDING BLOCKS; 3 TRENDS IN DATA WAREHOUSING; PART 2 PLANNING AND REQUIREMENTS; 4 PLANNING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT; 5 DEFINING THE BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS; 6 REQUIREMENTS AS THE DRIVING FORCE FOR DATA WAREHOUSING; PART 3 ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE; 7 ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS; 8 INFRASTRUCTURE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR DATA WAREHOUSING; 9 THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE OF METADATA; PART 4 DATA DESIGN AND DATA PREPARATION

10 PRINCIPLES OF DIMENSIONAL MODELING11 DIMENSIONAL MODELING: ADVANCED TOPICS; 12 DATA EXTRACTION, TRANSFORMATION, AND LOADING; 13 DATA QUALITY: A KEY TO SUCCESS; PART 5 INFORMATION ACCESS AND DELIVERY; 14 MATCHING INFORMATION TO THE CLASSES OF USERS; 15 OLAP IN THE DATA



WAREHOUSE; 16 DATA WAREHOUSING AND THE WEB; 17 DATA MINING BASICS; PART 6 IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE; 18 THE PHYSICAL DESIGN PROCESS; 19 DATA WAREHOUSE DEPLOYMENT; 20 GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE; ANSWERS TO SELECTED EXERCISES; APPENDIX A: PROJECT LIFE CYCLE STEPS AND CHECKLISTS; APPENDIX B: CRITICAL FACTORS FOR SUCCESS

APPENDIX C: GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING VENDOR SOLUTIONSAPPENDIX D: HIGHLIGHTS OF VENDORS AND PRODUCTS; APPENDIX E: REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES OF BEST PRACTICES; REFERENCES; GLOSSARY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Cutting-edge content and guidance from a data warehousing expert-now expanded to reflect field trends Data warehousing has revolutionized the way businesses in a wide variety of industries perform analysis and make strategic decisions. Since the first edition of Data Warehousing Fundamentals, numerous enterprises have implemented data warehouse systems and reaped enormous benefits. Many more are in the process of doing so. Now, this new, revised edition covers the essential fundamentals of data warehousing and business intelligence as well as significant recent trends in the fi