Course Objectives

Data Warehousing
Fundamentals: Designing
and Planning
NETg course 60052

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Objectives

Introducing Data Warehousing

Meeting a Business Need
0OLTP Systems and Complex Analysis: Identify why OLTP systems are unsuitable for complex analysis.
1Data Extract Processing: Identify the issues in an extract processing environment.
2Business Drivers for Data Warehouses: Identify the driving factors for implementing a data warehouse.

Data Warehouse Overview

3Data Warehouse: Properties: Match the data warehouse property with its correct definition.
4Data Warehouse: Operations: Identify the operations typically involved in running a data warehouse.
5Data Warehouse Versus OLTP: Identify the differences between an OLTP system and a data warehouse.
6Data Warehouse Versus Data Mart: Identify the differences between a data warehouse and a data mart.
7Data Warehouse: Metadata: Identify the features of metadata.
8Data Warehouse: Components: Identify the key components of implementing a data warehouse.

Oracle Warehouse
9Oracle Warehouse Program: Identify the main components of the Oracle Warehouse program.
10Oracle Warehouse Products: Match the Oracle data warehouse product with its correct description.

Planning a Successful Data Warehouse

Warehouse Development Approaches
11Data Warehouse Development Approaches: Match the data warehouse development approaches with
their correct definitions.
12Incremental Approach Phases: Match the incremental approach phases with their correct definitions.
13Data Warehouse Processes: Match each data warehouse process with its associated set of tasks.
14Oracle Warehouse Technology Initiative: Identify the categories of tools in the Oracle Warehouse
Technology Initiative.

Financial Issues: Management

15Financial Justification: Identify the financial issues that must be managed in developing and
implementing a data warehouse.
16Obtaining a Business Commitment: Identify techniques for obtaining business commitment to the data
warehouse.

Data Warehouse Project Management

17Data Warehouse Project Tasks: Identify the key tasks involved in managing a data warehouse project.
18Setting and Managing Expectations: Identify the tasks involved in setting and managing expectations in a
data warehouse project.
19Data Warehouse Project Team: Match each project role with the correct team member.
20Data Warehouse Project Deliverables: Match key strategy deliverables with their correct planning phase.

Analyzing User Query Needs

User Data Access: Management
21Warehouse Users and Query Requirements: Match each user profile to the correct user type.
22Data Access Tool Requirements: Identify the requirements of a data warehouse query tool.
23Query Efficiency: Identify the important considerations in designing a data warehouse for efficient query
access.
24Data Warehouse: Charging for Access: Match the charge model used to charge for data warehouse
services with its correct definition.
25Data Warehouse Security Guidelines: Identify the guidelines for developing a security plan for a data
warehouse.

Online Analytical Processing Models

26OLAP and DSS Tools: Identify the functions of OLAP and DSS tools in the data warehouse.
27Relational and OLAP Database Models: Identify the characteristics of the relational database model and
the multidimensional database model.
28MOLAP and ROLAP Servers: Identify the characteristics of multidimensional OLAP servers and
relational OLAP servers.

Query Access Architectures

29Client-Server Access: Identify the disadvantages of accessing a data warehouse by using fat-client
architecture.
30Web Access: Identify the benefits of accessing a data warehouse by way of the Web.

Modeling the Data Warehouse

Defining the Business Model
31Data Warehouse Database Design Phases: Sequence the main phases associated with the data warehouse
database design process.
32Business Model Tasks: Identify the tasks associated with creating the business model.

Defining the Dimensional Model

33Dimension and Fact Tables Identification: Identify dimension tables and fact tables in a star schema.
34Schema Model Selection: Identify the advantages of the star schema and the snowflake schema.

Modeling Summaries: Creation

35Summary Tables: Design Issues: Identify the issues involved in designing summary tables in a data
warehouse.
36Summary Management Features: Identify the major components of the summary management features in
Oracle8i.

Physical Model: Creation

37Physical Model Design Tasks: Identify the tasks associated with designing the physical model.
38Data Modeling Tools: Identify the tasks that can be performed with the data modeling tools.

Planning Architecture and Storage

Computing Architectures
39Architecture Requirements: Identify the tasks associated with defining the architecture requirements for
the data warehouse.
40Hardware Architectures: Match each type of hardware architecture with its correct description.
41Parallel Processing Features in Oracle8i: Match each Oracle8i parallel processing feature with its
correct definition.

Server Data Architecture

42Data Partitioning: Match the partitioning methods with their correct definitions.
43Indexing Data: Identify the reasons for using indexing in a data warehouse.

Database Protection
44RAID Levels: Match each RAID level with a description of its benefits and limitations.
45Backup and Recovery: Identify backup and recovery mechanisms.
46Data Warehouse Performance Issues: Identify performance issues associated with the design of the data
warehouse.