What is

Full Load: When we are loading the data for

first time, all the set of records will be loaded
in DWH.
Incremental Load: It is a method to capture
on the newly created or updated record.
Based upon the flag or Date this load will be
performed.
Refresh or Reload Load: The table will be
truncated and data will be loaded again.
What is ODS?
ODS: ODS is also a similar small DWH which
will help analyst to analysis the business. It
will have data for less number of days.
Generally it will be around 30-45 days. Like
DWH here also surrogate keys will be generated,
error and reject handling will be done.
Operational Data store is used by many
organizations for analysis purpose as well as
for data backup and data recovery. Data
stored in ODS is usually in Normalized form
as in transactional DBs.
While in DWH data will be denormalized. ODS
is actually a replica of Transactional
Database, colleting two or more Business
functions data. Ex ODS may store CRM as
well as ERP data.
What is ETL process?

ETL is extraction, transforming and loading

processes, we will extract the data from the
source systems and apply the business rules
on it and then load it in the target database
(DWH).

What is a staging area? Do we need it?

What is the purpose of a staging area?
Staging is a temporary storage area where all the
data manipulation (cleansing, merging,
scrubbing, transformations, etc.) takes place
before loading into the target database
(DWH).
Data staging is actually a collection of
processes used to prepare source system
data for loading into a data warehouse.
Staging includes the following steps :

a) Source data extraction

b) Data transformation (restructuring) - data
cleansing, value transformations and Surrogate
key assignments

What is a three tier in data warehouse?

In DWH the three tire architecture can be as
follows:

1>The source layer where data lands.

2> The integration layer where after a

cleansing, transformation we actually store the
data.
3> The dimension (DWH) layer on which the
actual presentation layer stands.