Data Warehousing

>PINERYJIM writes: >->... >->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. > >Cathy Kipp writes: >... >Data Warehousing: Allows access to multiple sets of data stored in a variety >of different formats (potentially including flat files, databases, etc.) >by using a single method of access. > The Michigan IFX Users Group had a lecture from Dataspace Inc., 'data warehousing' reminded me of "Object-oriented Programming": It is something we have always strived for but now it has a name. The definition that I got was: Store only the historic information that is required. I have seen companies keep all thier detailed information for the entire year so that their monthly reports can have 'year-to-date' information. Datawarehousing says that you only keep the monthly totals. || ======= **** **T* ======= ||John Regep || **** **** ||Store Systems Developement || **** *R** ||Kmart Corporation || =========== ********* =========== ||3100 West Big Beaver || ***A* **** ||Troy, MI 48084 || **** **** ||(810) 643-5078 ||=============== *M** **** ===============||uunet!kmart!jregep