Data Warehousing
This course will help you design and implement a special type of databases structured for data analysis, namely data warehouses.
In data warehousing, special attention is laid on performance and usability issues. Data warehousing is a part of Business Intelligence (BI), which is used to support organisations strategic decision-making.
This course is part of a programme and is not available for application as a stand-alone course.
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Course structure
The course contains the following parts:
- Introduction to decision support systems and Business Intelligence
- History, state-of-the-art within data warehousing
- Rationale and patterns for multi-dimensional modeling
- The ETL process (Extract-Transform-Load) and data integration
- The Data Warehouse Lifecycle (DW development and maintenance process)
- OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) and a multi-dimensional query language for data cubes
- Trends within data warehousing and current research
Teaching format
The teaching consists of lectures, laboratory sessions and supervision.
Assessment
The course is examined as follows:
- written examination
- written assignments
Examiner
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Schedule
The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course. -
Course literature
Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.
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Contact
This course is part of a programme, course package or incoming exchange studies and is not available for application as a stand-alone course.
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- Office hours
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- Irregular office hours
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First phone hours for HT24 on August 15.
Extra phone hours on Monday, August 26, 12.30 to 2pm
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