Decision Support In The Data Warehouse

Decision Support In The Data Warehouse

by Hugh J. Watson, Paul Gray, Paul Gray
     
 

Unlike most data warehousing books, this one focuses specifically on using data warehouses for decision support. It shows how to choose the best tools and get the best answers. This book walks step-by-step through building and maintaining a data warehouse specifically to support decision making. At a high level, it discusses the fundamental ideas

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Unlike most data warehousing books, this one focuses specifically on using data warehouses for decision support. It shows how to choose the best tools and get the best answers. This book walks step-by-step through building and maintaining a data warehouse specifically to support decision making. At a high level, it discusses the fundamental ideas and concepts of data warehousing. It then explores state-of-the-art tools and applications that can be used to improve the decision-making data delivered by your data warehouse. Several vendors - including Oracle, the world's leading RDBMS vendor - present products and detailed case studies showing how to implement state-of-the-art decision support. For all database administrators and IT professionals, especially those involved in creating and building data warehouses or providing decision support.

Product Details

ISBN-13:
9780137960798
Publisher:
Pearson Technology Group 2
Publication date:
11/24/1998
Series:
Data Warehousing Institute Series from Prentice Hall, #4
Pages:
420
Product dimensions:
7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.86(d)

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Foreword
Pt. 1Overview1
1Data Warehousing: The New Decision Support Environment3
Pt. 2Creating the Data Warehouse33
2Data Warehousing Strategy35
3Building and Maintaining a Data Warehouse81
Pt. 3Supporting Decisions in the Data Warehouse121
4Decision Support Tools123
5Building Decision Support Applications157
6Final thoughts Before Building a Data Warehouse189
Pt. 4Data Warehousing Products for Decision Support203
7NCR Corporation: Scalable Data Warehouse Solutions205
8Oracle Corporation: Enabling Informed Business Decisions237
9Red Brick Systems, Inc.: The Data Warehouse Company261
10Platinum technology, Inc.283
11Brio Technology303
12Comshare, Inc.: Putting Decision Support Technology to Work for Effective Decision Making325
13Seagate Software: Business Intelligence for the Intelligent Business351
AppendixCodd's 12 Rules for OLAP383
References387
Index395

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