TY - BOOK AU - Ponniah, Paulraj. TI - Data warehousing fundamentals SN - 0471412546 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - 005.74 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Wiley KW - Data warehousing N1 - "A Wiley-Interscience publication."; Includes index; The Compelling Need for Data Warehousing -- Data Warehouse: The Building Blocks -- Trends in Data Warehousing -- Planning and Project Management -- Defining the Business Requirements -- Requirements as the Driving Force for Data Warehousing --The Architectural Components -- Infrastructure as the Foundation for Data Warehousing -- The Significant Role of Metadata -- Principles of Dimensional Modeling -- Dimensional Modeling: Advanced Topics -- Data Extraction, Transformation, and Loading -- Data Quality: A Key to Success -- Matching Information to the Classes of Users -- OLAP in the Data Warehouse -- Data Warehousing and the Web -- Data Mining Basics -- The Physical Design Process -- Data Warehouse Deployment -- Growth and Maintenance -- Appendix A. Project Life Cycle Steps and Checklists -- Appendix B. Critical Factors for Success -- Appendix C. Guidelines for Evaluating Vendor Solutions N2 - Geared to IT professionals eager to get into the all-important field of data warehousing, this book explores all topics needed by those who design and implement data warehouses. Readers will learn about planning requirements, architecture, infrastructure, data preparation, information delivery, implementation, and maintenance. They'll also find a wealth of industry examples garnered from the author's 25 years of experience in designing and implementing databases and data warehouse applications for major corporations UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley043/2001024243.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley035/2001024243.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix07/2001024243.html ER -