DATA

WAREHOUSING
Made By- Bhanu
Priya

Definition
A

central repository of data in

which the data from various
sources is stored & this data
warehouse is then used for
reporting & data analysis.

It is a database used to store data.

Can be used for creating trending reports

for senior management reports such as
annual & quarterly comparison.

The main purpose is to provide flexible

access to the data to the user.

Stores static data that has been extracted from

other databases in an organization
Central source of data that has been cleaned,

transformed, and cataloged

Data is used for data mining, analytical processing,
analysis, research, decision support

Data warehouses may be divided into data marts

Subsets of data that focus on specific aspects

of a company (department or business process)

Characteristics of data
warehouse

Data warehousing
process

Applications and Data

marts

Process starts with

Data extracted form operational ,

external & other databases of the
organization.

Data acquisition process take place .

Then Data stored in the enterprise

data warehouse.

Then data move in to data mart or analytical

store in to more useful manner.

Meta data are stored in meta data repository &

catalogue by a meta data directory.

Finally, variety of software tools can be

provided to query , report & analyze data for
deliver via internet too the business end users