Building the Data Warehouse
The new edition of the classic bestseller that launched the data warehousing industry covers new approaches and technologies, many of which have been pioneered by Inmon himself\ In addition to explaining the fundamentals of data warehouse systems, the book covers new topics such as methods for handling unstructured data in a data warehouse and storing data across multiple storage media\ Discusses the pros and cons of relational versus multidimensional design and how to measure return on...
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Learn the most recent advances in data warehousing technology from the "Father of Data Warehousing"Since it was first published in 1990, W. H. Inmon's Building the Data Warehouse has become the bible of data warehousing— the first and best introduction to the subject. A lot has changed in data warehousing technology since the last edition appeared in 1996, and this latest volume is completely revised to reflect exciting new techniques and applications, update existing topics, and examine data marts, operational data stores, and the corporateinformation factory.In this Third Edition, Inmon explains what a data warehouse is (and isn't), why it's needed, how it works, and how the traditional data warehouse can be integrated with new technologies, including the Web, to provide enhanced customer service and support. He also addresses the trade-offs between normalized data warehouses and dimensional data marts.In addition, this unique overview of data warehousing reviews new subjects such as:* Data warehousing techniques for customer sales and support, both online and offline* Data warehousing for decision support, including data mining and exploration warehousing* Adoption of near-line storage techniques to vastly increase the capacity and access speed of data warehouses* Integration of data warehouses with ERP systems* The unique requirements for supporting e-businesses, including the capturing and analysis of clickstream data Booknews A guide for database developers, designers, and managers to creating a database tailored for analytic and informational uses, different and separate from a database with the same information to be used in ordinary operations. Deals more with concepts, overall approaches, and issues rather than technical aspects. Among the topics are decision support systems that utilize data warehouses, environment and design, granularity, distributed data, executive information systems, external and unstructured data, and migration to the environment. No mention is made of the first edition or why a second was issued. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Ch. 1Evolution of decision support systems1Ch. 2The data warehouse environment29Ch. 3The data warehouse and design71Ch. 4Granularity in the data warehouse139Ch. 5The data warehouse and technology159Ch. 6The distributed data warehouse193Ch. 7Executive information systems and the data warehouse239Ch. 8External data and the data warehouse257Ch. 9Migration to the architected environment269Ch. 10The data warehouse and the Web289Ch. 11Unstructured data and the data warehouse305Ch. 12The really large data warehouse331Ch. 13The relational and the multidimensional models as a basis for database design357Ch. 14Data warehouse advanced topics377Ch. 15Cost-justification and return on investment for a data warehouse413Ch. 16The data warehouse and the ODS429Ch. 17Corporate information compliance and data warehousing443Ch. 18The end-user community457Ch. 19Data warehouse design review checklist463
\ Revised to reflect new techniques and applications since the 1996 edition, this third edition explains what a data warehouse is and how it works, and tells how the traditional data warehouse can be integrated with new technologies including the Web. Discussion encompasses techniques for customer sales and support on-and offline, data warehousing for decision support, integration of data warehouses with ERP systems, and tradeoffs between normalized data warehouses and dimensional data marts. Inmon has written many books on database management and data warehousing. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsA guide for database developers, designers, and managers to creating a database tailored for analytic and informational uses, different and separate from a database with the same information to be used in ordinary operations. Deals more with concepts, overall approaches, and issues rather than technical aspects. Among the topics are decision support systems that utilize data warehouses, environment and design, granularity, distributed data, executive information systems, external and unstructured data, and migration to the environment. No mention is made of the first edition or why a second was issued. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
