Extracting data from the source.................................................................... 11 Working with the business model......................................................................... 11 Full or delta extraction........................................................................................ 11 Handling time-variant reference data using transaction date..................................... 12 Handling changing codes..................................................................................... 13

Transforming data...................................................................................... 13 Data summarization and allocation....................................................................... 13 Currency conversions......................................................................................... 14 Writing reusable transforms................................................................................. 15

Scheduling and job sequencing..................................................................... 16 Minimize build and maintenance requirements........................................................ 16 Trap and handle errors caused by process failure.................................................... 17 Optimizing performance...................................................................................... 18

Global 2000 companies now face greater regulatory and shareholder pressure than ever to increase corporate accountability, transparency and performance. As a result, they are creating enterprise data warehouses which enable multiple, corporate-wide views of business performance across disparate systems and organizations.

Unfortunately, it takes months (12-18 is not uncommon) to custom build or modify a data warehouse, and many are never even completed. As a result, business people fail to receive the timely management information they need to make high-quality decisions.

To address this challenge, companies are taking a more iterative approach to enterprise data warehousing using KALIDO®, which automates the creation and maintenance of enterprise data warehouses and master data throughout their lifecycle. The KALIDO application suite automatically adapts data warehouses and their associated master data to new business needs based on changes made to real-world business models. Kalido customers create and modify data warehouses 75% faster and at half the cost of traditional approaches.

A data warehouse typically sources data from a wide range of IT systems and organizations. To help deliver this data to the data warehouse, companies deploy tools such as Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite™, which includes:

SCM
RDBMS
Legacy

Messaging Web svc XML/EDI

SCM
RDBMS
Legacy

Messaging Web svc XML/EDI