Re: Top Ten Errors In Data Wareousing

Having recently been assigned to a warehousing project, I had the same question (i.e. what is a data warehouse?). However, since it is a HOT buzzword at this time, there are some good articles in the trade press: 'Data Warehousing: Energizes Your Enterprise' DATAMATION, February, 1995 'Data Warehouse: Architecture for the Information Age' ORACLE MAGAZINE, January/February 1995 Both of these articles have helped me understand the concepts, and have influenced our warehouse design. The 'Datamation' article has a nice definition of what a Data Warehouse is. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kenneth Atkins Financial Data Systems Inc. Kenneth.D.Atkins@tek.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In article <3i8duh$86b@newsbf02.news.aol.com> pineryjim@aol.com (PINERYJIM) writes:>From: pineryjim@aol.com (PINERYJIM) >Subject: Re: Top Ten Errors In Data Wareousing >Date: 19 Feb 1995 16:41:37 -0500 >I have seen a couple of posts in this newsgroup (comp.databases.pick) that >have referred to the term data warehousing and have struggled to define >it. >Now that we apparently have an institute dedicated to the practice of data >warehousing I'm wondering if the term also has an institutionalized >definition. Just what is it you do when you warehouse data? Or, from a >different perspective, what kind of data does a warehouse contain? Or, am >I missing the point altogether? >Cynic that I am, I suspect that data warehousing is just another jazzed up >buzzword for something we have been doing all along. Sort of like voice >mail is the new term for answering machine. Not quite the same thing, I >know, but not significantly different. >I'm hoping Mr. Taylor will have a moment to enlighten. >Jim Harger