Oracle Warehouse Builder 11g : getting started : extract, transform, and load data to build a dynamic, operational data warehouse / Bob Griesemer ; reviewers, Anitha Kadaru, Yasodarani Venkatesan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griesemer, Bob.

Contributor:

Kadaru, Anitha.

Venkatesan, Yasodarani.

Series:

From technologies to solutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Data warehousing.

Database management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Griesemer Bob: Bob Griesemer has over 27 years of software and database engineering/DBA experience in both government and industry, solving database problems, designing and loading data warehouses, developing code, leading teams of developers, and satisfying customers. He has been working in various roles involving database development and administration with the Oracle Database with every release since Version 6 of the database from 1993 to the present. He has also been performing various tasks, including data warehouse design and implementation, administration, backup and recovery, development of Perl code for web-based database access, writing Java code utilizing JDBC, migrating legacy databases to Oracle, and developing Developer/2000 Oracle Forms applications. He is currently an Oracle Database Administrator Certified Associate, and is employed by the Northrop Grumman Corporation, where he is currently a Senior Database Analyst on a large data warehouse project.

Summary:

Extract, Transform, and Load data to build a dynamic, operational data warehouse

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: An Introduction to Oracle Warehouse Builder; Introduction to data warehousing; Introduction to our fictional organization; What is a data warehouse?; Where does OWB fit in?; Installation of the database and OWB; Downloading the Oracle software; A word about hardware and operating systems; Installing Oracle database software; Configuring the listener; Creating the database; Installing the OWB standalone software; OWB components and architecture; Configuring the repository and workspaces; Summary

Chapter 2: Defining and Importing Source Data StructuresPreliminary analysis; ACME Toys and Gizmos source data; The POS transactional source database; The web site order management database; An overview of Warehouse Builder Design Center; Importing/defining source metadata; Creating a project; Creating a module; Creating an Oracle Database module; Creating a SQL Server database module; Importing source metadata from a database; Defining source metadata manually with the Data Object Editor; Importing source metadata from files; Summary; Chapter 3: Designing the Target Structure

Data warehouse designDimensional design; Cube and dimensions; Implementation of a dimensional model in a database; Relational implementation (star schema); Multidimensional implementation (OLAP); Designing the ACME data warehouse; Identifying the dimensions; Designing the cube; Data warehouse design in OWB; Creating a target user and module; Create a target user; Create a target module; OWB design objects; Summary; Chapter 4: Creating the Target Structure in OWB; Creating dimensions in OWB; The Time dimension; Creating a Time dimension with the Time Dimension Wizard; The Product dimension

Product Attributes (attribute type)Product Levels; Product Hierarchy (highest to lowest); Creating the Product dimension with the New Dimension Wizard; The Store dimension; Store Attributes (attribute type), data type and size, and (Identifier); Store Levels; Store Hierarchy (highest to lowest); Creating the Store dimension with the New Dimension Wizard; Creating a cube in OWB; Creating a cube with the wizard; Using the Data Object Editor; Summary; Chapter 5: Extract, Transform, and Load Basics; ETL; Manual ETL processes; Staging; To stage or not to stage; Configuration of a staging area

Mappings and operators in OWBThe canvas layout; OWB operators; Source and target operators; Data flow operators; Pre/post-processing operators; Summary; Chapter 6: ETL: Putting it Together; Designing and building an ETL mapping; Designing our staging area; Designing the staging area contents; Building the staging area table with the Data Object Editor; Designing our mapping; Review of the Mapping Editor; Creating a mapping; Summary; Chapter 7: ETL: Transformations and Other Operators; STORE mapping; Adding source and target operators; Adding Transformation Operators

Using a Key Lookup operator

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612257292

9781282257290

1282257293

9781847195753

184719575X

OCLC:

798536452