Using the Data Warehouse

by William H. Inmon, Richard D. Hackathorn

The data warehouse is a method of storing historical and integrated data for use in decision support systems (DSS). The data warehouse provides a source of integrated enterprise-wide historical data. This book describes how to use a data warehouse once it has been constructed. The authors discuss how to use information to capture and maintain a competitive advantage and how to migrate legacy systems to a data warehouse.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published July 13, 1994

About the author

William H. Inmon is an American computer scientist, recognized by many as the father of the data warehouse. Inmon wrote the first book, held the first conference (with Arnie Barnett), wrote the first column in a magazine and was the first to offer classes in data warehousing. Inmon created the accepted definition of what a data warehouse is - a subject-oriented, non-volatile, integrated, time-variant collection of data in support of management's decisions. Compared with the approach of the other pioneering architect of data warehousing, Ralph Kimball, Inmon's approach is often characterized as a top-down approach.

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