Data Warehousing For Dummies

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Data warehousing is one of the hottest business topics, and there’s more to understanding data warehousing technologies than you might think. Find out the basics of data warehousing and how it facilitates data mining and business intelligence with Data Warehousing For Dummies, 2nd Edition. Data is probably your company’s most important asset, so your data warehouse should serve your needs. The fully updated Second Edition of Data Warehousing For Dummies helps you understand, develop, implement, and use data warehouses, and offers a sneak peek into their future. You’ll learn to: Analyze top-down and bottom-up data warehouse designsUnderstand the structure and technologies of data warehouses, operational data stores, and data martsChoose your project team and apply best development practices to your data warehousing projectsImplement a data warehouse, step by step, and involve end-users in the processReview and upgrade existing data storage to make it serve your needsComprehend OLAP, column-wise databases, hardware assisted databases, and middlewareUse data mining intelligently and find what you needMake informed choices about consultants and data warehousing productsData Warehousing For Dummies, 2nd Edition also shows you how to involve users in the testing process and gain valuable feedback, what it takes to successfully manage a data warehouse project, and how to tell if your project is on track. You’ll find it’s the most useful source of data on the topic!

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-02-27
Mått188 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt580 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor400
Upplaga2
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9780470407479

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Introduction 1Part I: The Data Warehouse: Home for Your Data Assets 7Chapter 1: What’s in a Data Warehouse? 9Chapter 2: What Should You Expect from Your Data Warehouse? 25Chapter 3: Have It Your Way: The Structure of a Data Warehouse 37Chapter 4: Data Marts: Your Retail Data Outlet 59Part II: Data Warehousing Technology 71Chapter 5: Relational Databases and Data Warehousing 73Chapter 6: Specialty Databases and Data Warehousing 85Chapter 7: Stuck in the Middle with You: Data Warehousing Middleware 95Part III: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing 113Chapter 8: An Intelligent Look at Business Intelligence 115Chapter 9: Simple Database Querying and Reporting 125Chapter 10: Business Analysis (OLAP) 135Chapter 11: Data Mining: Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It’s Off to Mine We Go 149Chapter 12: Dashboards and Scorecards 155Part IV: Data Warehousing Projects: How to Do Them Right 163Chapter 13: Data Warehousing and Other IT Projects: The Same but Different 165Chapter 14: Building a Winning Data Warehousing Project Team 179Chapter 15: You Need What? When? — Capturing Requirements 193Chapter 16: Analyzing Data Sources 203Chapter 17: Delivering the Goods 213Chapter 18: User Testing, Feedback, and Acceptance 225Part V: Data Warehousing: The Big Picture 231Chapter 19: The Information Value Chain: Connecting Internal and External Data 233Chapter 20: Data Warehousing Driving Quality and Integration 247Chapter 21: The View from the Executive Boardroom 263Chapter 22: Existing Sort-of Data Warehouses: Upgrade or Replace? 271Chapter 23: Surviving in the Computer Industry (and Handling Vendors) 281Chapter 24: Working with Data Warehousing Consultants 291Part VI: Data Warehousing in the Not-Too-Distant Future 297Chapter 25: Expanding Your Data Warehouse with Unstructured Data 299Chapter 26: Agreeing to Disagree about Semantics 305Chapter 27: Collaborative Business Intelligence 311Part VII: The Part of Tens 317Chapter 28: Ten Questions to Consider When You’re Selecting User Tools 319Chapter 29: Ten Secrets to Managing Your Project Successfully 325Chapter 30: Ten Sources of Up-to-Date Information about Data Warehousing 331Chapter 31: Ten Mandatory Skills for a Data Warehousing Consultant 335Chapter 32: Ten Signs of a Data Warehousing Project in Trouble 339Chapter 33: Ten Signs of a Successful Data Warehousing Project 343Chapter 34: Ten Subject Areas to Cover with Product Vendors 347Index 351