Data Warehouse Models

Presented By

Dr. Debashis Parida

Data Warehouse Architecture

Decision Support

Information technology to help the knowledge

worker (executive, manager, analyst) make faster &
better decisions

On-line analytical processing (OLAP) is an element

of decision support systems (DSS)

Three-Tier Decision Support

Systems

Warehouse database server

OLAP servers

Almost always a relational DBMS, rarely flat files

Relational OLAP (ROLAP)

Multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP)

Clients

Query and reporting tools

Analysis tools
Data mining tools
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System
Information Sources

Data Warehouse
Server
(Tier 1)

OLAP Servers
(Tier 2)

Clients
(Tier 3)

e.g., MOLAP
Semistructured
Sources

Data
Warehouse
extract
transform
load
refresh
etc.

Analysis
serve
Query/Reporting

serve
e.g., ROLAP

Operational
DBs

serve

Data Mining

Data Marts

Data Warehouse vs. Data

Marts

Enterprise warehouse: collects all information about

subjects that span the entire organization

Data Marts: Departmental subsets that focus on

selected subjects

Virtual warehouse: views over operational dbs

Warehousing Data Stores

Source Data

Data Staging

Data Warehouse

Data Mart

Ranges from application-oriented

to subject-oriented

Subject and source oriented

Subject-oriented

Subject-oriented within
application domain

Ranges from non-integrated to

integrated

Integration as practical

Integrated

Integrated within application

domain

Time-variant

Time-variant

(Operational & External)

Current, may have limited history

and/or archiving

Time-variant based on
frequency of extraction

Volatile, continuously updated

Non-volatile

Non-volatile

Non-volatile

Ranges from application owned

to enterprise managed

Historically and atomically

focused

Enterprise focused

Application focused

Optimized for transaction

processing

Optimized for data capture

Optimized for distribution,

query, and reporting

Optimized for decision support

Ranges from application

specified to architected

Designed as means to capture

and retain atomic level data

Architected as a long-term
information asset

Architected as a point solution

to
a business need

Most commonly a legacy

problem

Extended with each increment

of
warehouse development

Implemented with an
evolutionary
approach

Rapidly deployed and

redeployed

Warehouse Models &

Operators

Data Models

relations
stars & snowflakes
cubes

Operators

slice & dice

roll-up, drill down
other

Modeling Techniques
Subject Area Modeling

Modeling Techniques
Fact/Qualifier Modeling

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Modeling Techniques
State Transition Modeling

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Modeling Techniques
ER Modeling

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Modeling Techniques
Dimensional Modeling

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Model Overview

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Thank You

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