Amity University Jharkhand

Topic : Data Warehousing

Submitted by : Submitted to :
Dr. Soni Sweta
 Data Warehousing

 The process of transforming data into information and making it available

to users in a timely enough manner to make a difference.
 Data warehousing is the process of constructing and using a data
warehouse.
 Data Warehouse
 A data warehouse is a relational database that is designed for query and
analysis.
 It usually contains historical data derived from transaction data, but it
can include data from other sources.
 A single, complete and consistent store of data obtained from variety of
different sources made available to end users in a way they can
understand and use in a business context.
 Characteristics of Data Warehouse

1) Subject Oriented - A data warehouse is subject oriented as it offers information

regarding a theme instead of companies' ongoing operations. These subjects can be
sales, marketing, distributions, etc.
2) Integrated - In Data Warehouse, integration means the establishment of a common
unit of measure for all similar data from the dissimilar database. The data also needs
to be stored in the Data warehouse in common and universally acceptable manner.
3) Non-volatile - Data warehouse is also non-volatile means the previous data is not
erased when new data is entered in it. Data is read-only and periodically refreshed.
This also helps to analyze historical data and understand what & when happened.
4) Time variant - The time horizon for data warehouse is quite extensive compared with
operational systems. The data collected in a data warehouse is recognized with a
particular period and offers information from the historical point of view. It contains an
element of time, explicitly or implicitly.
 OLTP - OLTP (Online Transactional Processing) is a category of data
processing that is focused on transaction-oriented tasks. OLTP typically
involves inserting, updating, and/or deleting small amounts of data in a
database. OLTP mainly deals with large numbers of transactions by a large
number of users.
 ETL Process - ETL is short for extract, transform, load, three database
functions that are combined into one tool/pipeline to pull data out of one
database and place it into another database.
 Data Marts - A data mart is a subset of a data warehouse that is designed for
a particular line of business, such as sales, marketing, or finance. In a data
mart, data can be derived from an enterprise-wide data warehouse or data
can also be collected directly from sources.
 Reporting and Analytics - Reporting is the process of organizing data into
informational summaries to monitor how different areas of a business are
performing. Analytics is the process of exploring data and reports to extract
meaningful insights, which can be used to better understand and improve
business performance.
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