Data warehousing : using the Wal-Mart model /

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Author / Creator:	Westerman, Paul.
Imprint:	San Francisco, CA : Morgan Kaufmann, 2001.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 297 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Data warehousing. Data warehousing. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11154192

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ISBN:	9781558606845 155860684X 9780080503721 0080503721
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-285) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	At 70 terabytes and growing, Wal-Mart's data warehouse is still the world's largest, most ambitious, and arguably most successful commercial database. Written by one of the key figures in its design and construction, Data Warehousing: Using the Wal-Mart Model gives you an insider's view of this enormous project. Continuously drawing from this example, the author teaches you the general principles and specific techniques you need to understand to be a valuable part of your organization's own data warehouse project, however large or small. You'll emerge with a practical understanding of both the business and technical aspects of building a data warehouse for storing and accessing data in a strategically useful way. What further sets this book apart is its focus on the informational needs of retail companies-including both market and organizational issues that affect the data's collection and use. If retail is your field, this book will prove especially valuable as you develop and implement your company's ideal data warehouse solution. * Written by a member of the team of four engineers who designed and built the Wal-Mart Data Warehouse database, a team whose database design was recognized internally in 1991 by Wal-Mart with the company's Team Innovational Technical award. * Provides essential information for project managers, consultants, data warehouse managers, and data architects. * Takes an in-depth look at a wide range of technical issues, including architecture, construction approaches, tool selection, database system selection, and maintenance. * Addresses issues specific to retail business: vendors, inventory, sales analysis, geography, article categories, and more. * Explains how to determine business requirements at the outset of the project-and how to develop return on investment analyses after the warehouse has been brought online.
Other form:	Print version: Westerman, Paul. Data warehousing. San Francisco, CA : Morgan Kaufmann, 2001 155860684X 9781558606845

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. What is Data Warehousing?
Chapter 2. Project Planning
Chapter 3. Business Exploration
Chapter 4. Business Case Study and ROI Analysis
Chapter 5. Organizational Integration
Chapter 6. Technology
Chapter 7. Technology - Database Maintenance
Chapter 8. Technical Construction of the Wal-Mart Data Warehouse
Chapter 9. Post-Implementation of the Wal-Mart Data Warehouse
Chapter 10. Store Operations Sample Analyses
Chapter 11. Merchandising Sample Analyses
Appendix A. Retail Formulas

Data warehousing : using the Wal-Mart model /

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