A collection of databases designed to support management decision-making. The term “data warehousing” generally refers to combining a wide variety…
A diagram type that is used to depict the structure of data elements in the data dictionary. The data structure…
The process of filtering, merging, decoding, and translating source data to create validated data for the data warehouse (see definition).
A diagram that shows the types of data produced by one business process and used as input by another. It…
The process of physically or logically dividing data into segments so it can be easily maintained or accessed. Existing relational…
A method used to define and analyze data requirements needed to support the business processes of an organization. The data…
The process of extracting previously unknown, valid, and actionable information or relationships from large databases and using that information to…
The process of converting data from one format to another. Data migration is necessary when an organization decides to use…
The degree or means by which the data in a database conform to specified data standards. For example, to maintain…