TY - BOOK AU - Ponniah,Paulraj AU - Ponniah,Paulraj TI - Data warehousing fundamentals for IT professionals SN - 9780470462072 (cloth) U1 - 005.74/5 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New Jersey PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Data warehousing N1 - Previous ed. published under title: Data warehousing fundamentals; 1. Data warehousing fundamentals for it professionals 2. Contents 3. Preface Part 1 overview and concepts 1. The compelling need for data warehousing 2. Data warehouse: the building blocks 3. Trends in data warehousing Part 2 planning and requirements 1. Planning and project management 2. Defining the business requirements 3. Requirements as the driving force for data warehousing Part 3 architecture and infrastructure 1. Architectural components 2. Infrastructure as the foundation for data warehousing 3. The significant role of metadata Part 4 data design and data preparation. 1. Principles of dimensional modeling 2. Dimensional modeling: advanced topics 3. Data extraction, transformation, and loading 4. Data quality: a key to success Part 5 information access and delivery 1. Matching information to the classes of users 2. Olap in the data warehouse 3. Data warehousing and the web 4. Data mining basics Part 6 implementation and maintenance 1. The physical design process 2. Data warehouse deployment 3. Growth and maintenance ER -