Data warehousing is one of the most important topics in the database industry. The primary objective of a data warehouse is providing users with easy access to business information - even if it comes from different platforms, databases, and locations. This book explains how to go about constructing a data warehouse and all of the planning, building, and programming that is involved. It shows the reader how to: prepare and evaluate existing data for the data warehouse; cross reference data so it is easy to find in all corporate locations; prepare data for client/server systems; improve the consistency and quality of existing and future data; and manage the data warehouse.
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For years your company has been compiling data and creating databases in a variety of formats. Now, you have to pull it all together into a single format that is compatible across the many different databases and software platforms used throughout the company. How do you do it? This invaluable resource shows you how, using a variety of techniques that will help you to create a cohesive data structure that everyone can use.
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