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1 online resource (xiii, 297 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-285) and index. |
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What is data warehousing? -- Project planning -- Business exploration -- Business case study and ROI analysis -- Organizational integration -- Technology -- Database maintenance -- Technical construction of the Wal-Mart data warehouse -- Postimplementation of the Wal-Mart data warehouse -- Store operations sample analyses -- Merchandising sample analyses. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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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 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Data warehousing.
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Entrepôts de données (Informatique)
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COMPUTERS -- Desktop Applications -- Databases.
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COMPUTERS -- Database Management -- General.
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COMPUTERS -- System Administration -- Storage & Retrieval.
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Data warehousing
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Data warehouse.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Westerman, Paul. Data warehousing. San Francisco, CA : Morgan Kaufmann, 2001 155860684X 9781558606845 (DLC) 00043408 (OCoLC)44469093 |
| ISBN |
9781558606845 |
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155860684X |
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9780080503721 (electronic bk.) |
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0080503721 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000054162639 |
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CHBIS 005829250 |
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CHBIS 009864214 |
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CHNEW 001006919 |
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CHVBK 168400855 |
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CHVBK 19907416X |
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DEBBG BV039832243 |
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DEBBG BV041119843 |
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DEBBG BV042307607 |
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DEBBG BV043044763 |
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DEBSZ 396677282 |
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DEBSZ 405312245 |
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DEBSZ 422172405 |
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NZ1 12435537 |
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