Synopses & Reviews
Describes techniques necessary to use DEC's Rdb technology to face the challenge of the '90s—how to store data to meet an organization's decision support needs and provide users with a common, simple, transparent access to information regardless of where it resides. Contains detailed discussions and analysis of major issues including why a split between operational and informational databases is necessary and how to accomplish it, the lack of data creditability, integration of DSS data and how Rdb technology fits with DSS needs.
Table of Contents
Evolution of DSS Processing.
The Data Warehouse.
Structuring the DSS Environment.
Granularity and the Data Warehouse.
DEC's Rdb Technology.
Using the Infrastructure.
External and Unstructured Data in a DSS Environment.
Migration to a DSS Environment.
A Quality Assurance Checklist.
References.
Index.