DATA WAREHOUSING

 Data warehouse is a collection of data designed

to support management decision
making(coined by Bill Inman in 1990).
Data in data warehouse
Subject oriented
Integrated
Non volatile
Time variant
 Data warehouse Architecture: components
Summarized Data
Operational systems of record
Integration/Transformation programs
Current data
Metadata
Archives
 Summarized data
Lightly summarized
Based on all elements of enterprise (departments
,region , function) do not require same
information requirements . Data warehouse
design provides for customized lightly
summarized data for every enterprise element.
 Highly summarized

An enterprise element may have access to both

detailed and summarized data . Highly
summarized data are meant for executive.

Current detail- Data come from operational

systems and are stored in raw or aggregated
form.
 Integration & Transformation Programs
Integration & transformation programs convert
them from application specific data into enterprise
data by
reformatting
Recalculating
Adding time elements
Identifying default values
Supplying logic to choose between multiple data
sources.
 Archives—
Archives contain old data
Used for forecasting and trend analysis.

Metadata
Separate data definition language is implemented
which provides a meaningful description of
information content.
 Use of data warehouse
Standard reports & query
Queries against summarized data
Data mining
Interface with other data warehouse