Introduction To Data Warehousing: Presentation On
Introduction To Data Warehousing: Presentation On
Introduction To Data Warehousing: Presentation On
Roll No - 17 Sem-VI
Two Approaches:
Query-Driven (Lazy)
Warehouse (Eager)
Source Source
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The Warehousing Approach
Information Clients
integrated in
advance Data
Stored in wh for Warehouse
direct querying
and analysis Integration System Metadata
...
Extractor/ Extractor/ Extractor/
Monitor Monitor Monitor
...
Source Source Source
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Advantages of Warehousing Approach
High query performance
But not necessarily most current information
Doesn’t interfere with local processing at sources
Complex queries at warehouse
OLTP at information sources
Information copied at warehouse
Can modify, annotate, summarize, restructure, etc.
Can store historical information
Security, no auditing
Has caught on in industry
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What is a Data Warehouse?
A Practitioners Viewpoint
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What is a Data Warehouse?
An Alternative Viewpoint
“A DW is a
subject-oriented,
integrated,
time-varying,
non-volatile
collection of data that is used primarily in
organizational decision making.”
-- W.H. Inmon, Building the Data Warehouse, 1992
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Data Warehouse Architectures:
Conceptual View
Operational Informational
Single-layer
systems systems
Virtual warehouse
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Data Warehousing: Two Distinct
Issues
(1) How to get information into warehouse
“Data warehousing”
(2) What to do with data once it’s in
warehouse
“Warehouse DBMS”
Both rich research areas
Industry has focused on (2)