Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Simplified : : 500 Questions, Answers, & Tips / / Arshad Khan.

This book targets business and IT professionals who need an introduction to business intelligence and data warehousing through a simple question/answer format. Organized into 30 odd chapters, each on a different topic, the book contains approximately 500 questions with answers and tips. Topics inclu...

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Place / Publishing House:Dulles, VA : : Mercury Learning and Information, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (250 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 Business Intelligence Application and Future
  • Chapter 3 Data Warehousing Evolution and Fundamentals
  • Chapter 4 Data Warehouse Types and Design Objectives
  • Chapter 5 Growth Contributors
  • Chapter 6 Data Warehouse Characteristics
  • Chapter 7 Star Schema
  • Chapter 8 Data Warehouse Process
  • Chapter 9 Architecture
  • Chapter 10 Metadata
  • Chapter 11 Source Data
  • Chapter 12 Data Conversion and Migration
  • Chapter 13 Data Quality
  • Chapter 14 ETL Process
  • Chapter 15 ETL Issues, Tools, and ELT
  • Chapter 16 Data Storage
  • Chapter 17 Data Modeling
  • Chapter 18 Data Warehouse Engine and Operating System
  • Chapter 19 Hardware
  • Chapter 20 Data Access
  • Chapter 21 Tool Selection and Data Mining
  • Chapter 22 Features of Front- End Tools
  • Chapter 23 Data Marts
  • Chapter 24 Implementation Approaches
  • Chapter 25 Inmon versus Kimball
  • Chapter 26 Multidimensionality
  • Chapter 27 Facts and Dimensions
  • Chapter 28 OLAP
  • Chapter 29 OLAP models
  • Chapter 30 Multidimensional Database
  • Chapter 31 OLAP: Comparisons, Tools, and Vendors
  • Chapter 32 Planning for the Data Warehouse Initiative
  • Chapter 33 Implementation Prerequisites and Approach
  • Chapter 34 Common Mistakes and Risks
  • Chapter 35 Project Resources
  • Chapter 36 Project Definition and Initiation
  • Chapter 37 Project Planning
  • Chapter 38 Analysis
  • Chapter 39 Analysis: Additional Topics
  • Chapter 40 Design
  • Chapter 41 Design: Data Modeling and OLAP Design
  • Chapter 42 Design: Additional Topics
  • Chapter 43 Documentation
  • Chapter 44 Development
  • Chapter 45 Testing and Training
  • Chapter 46 Deployment and Operation
  • Chapter 47 Trends
  • Index