Planning and Designing the Data Warehouse

Download or read book Planning and Designing the Data Warehouse written by Ramón C. Barquín and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1997 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive survey of key issues associated with planning and designing enterprise data warehouses.Covers the process of implementing a data warehouse end-to-end, from planning a data warehouse, to achieving management support, to implementing metadata repositories that make it easier to access real information, rather than mere data. One chapter is dedicated to helping managers avoid mistakes that can limit the effectiveness of a data warehouse. Once the data warehouse is in place, this book provides guidance on helping end users make the most of it. Two detailed case studies are also included.Information technology managers, and database professionals, including administrators, programmers and designers.