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Data Warehouse and Data mart overview, with Data Marts shown in the top right.. In computing, a data warehouse (DW or DWH), also known as an enterprise data warehouse (EDW), is a system used for reporting and data analysis and is considered a core component of business intelligence. [1]
William H. Inmon was born July 20, 1945, in San Diego, California. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Yale University in 1967, and his Master of Science degree in computer science from New Mexico State University . He worked for American Management Systems and Coopers & Lybrand before 1991, when he founded the ...
The dimension is a data set composed of individual, non-overlapping data elements. The primary functions of dimensions are threefold: to provide filtering, grouping and labelling. These functions are often described as "slice and dice". A common data warehouse example involves sales as the measure, with customer and product as dimensions.
Kimball lifecycle. The Kimball lifecycle is a methodology for developing data warehouses, and has been developed by Ralph Kimball and a variety of colleagues. The methodology "covers a sequence of high level tasks for the effective design, development and deployment " of a data warehouse or business intelligence system. [ 1]
At PARC Ralph was a principal designer of the Xerox Star Workstation, the first commercial product to use mice, icons and windows. Kimball then became vice president of applications at Metaphor Computer Systems, a decision support software and services provider. He developed the Capsule Facility in 1982. The Capsule was a graphical programming ...
Dataware is a 1998 role-playing game supplement published by TSR for Alternity. Contents [ edit ] Dataware is a supplement about computers, artificial intelligence, and robots.
"Data warehouse appliance" is a term coined by Foster Hinshaw, [1] [2] the founder of Netezza.In creating the first data warehouse appliance, Hinshaw and Netezza used the foundations developed by Model 204, Teradata, and others, to pioneer a new category to address consumer analytics efficiently by providing a modular, scalable, easy-to-manage database system that’s cost effective.
Enterprise bus matrix. The enterprise bus matrix is a data warehouse planning tool and model created by Ralph Kimball, and is part of the data warehouse bus architecture. The matrix is the logical definition of one of the core concepts of Kimball’s approach to dimensional modeling conformed dimension. [ 1]