Data Warehousing Engineering
Published on 26. August 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-0-07-913705-0 (ISBN)
Description
This text on data warehouse engineering takes readers from the planning and modelling stages right through to the implementation. It includes chapters on how to convert data from a legacy system to a modern data warehouse.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 187 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1066 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-913705-0 (9780079137050)
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Content
Part 1 Data warehousing concepts (defining business needs): data, warehouse and engineering concepts; strategic business planning; data mapping - a window into the enterprise; strategic modelling - a map for the future; decision early warning - a common need. Part 2 Data quality and legacy systems: the importance of legacy system metadata; defining required legacy system metadata requirements; deriving legacy system metadata; determining relevant data quality attributes; data quality engineering. Part 3 Engineering the data warehouse: moving the past into the future; data warehousing as a reengineering technology; implementing organizational data quality initiatives; continuous data quality engineering; future data warehouse directions.