Building and maintaining a data warehouse

• Main Author: Silvers, Fon.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2008.
• Subjects: Data warehousing > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; COMPUTERS > Databases. > Desktop Applications; COMPUTERS > General. > Database Management; COMPUTERS > Storage & Retrieval. > System Administration; Electronic books.
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Offering the perspective of a data warehouse, as well as that of a failed one, the author details those factors that must be accomplished and those that are best avoided. He looks at areas of a data warehouse individually and in sequence, showing how each piece becomes a working part of the whole.

Table of Contents:

• Front cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Author; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Big Picture: An Introduction to Data Warehousing; Chapter 2. Data Warehouse Philosophy; Chapter 3. Source System Analysis; Chapter 4. Relational Database Management System (RDBMS); Chapter 5. Database Design; Chapter 6. Data Acquisition and Integration; Chapter 7. Business Intelligence Reporting; Chapter 8. Data Quality; Chapter 9. Metadata; Chapter 10. Data Warehouse Customers; Chapter 11. Future of Data Warehousing: An Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; Back cover.