Introduction to Oracle Data Mart Builder
Product Overview z Major components of Oracle Data Mart Suite yDesigner:Data Modeling yBuilder: Data Populating yDiscoverer: Data Analysis
Data Mart Lifecycle Data Modeling (Designer) Data Populating (Builder) Data Analysis (Discoverer)
Designer: Data Modeling E-R diagram (OLTP) Empty Tables (Data Mart) Star Schema (Data Mart)
Builder: Data Populating zManage the flow of data from sources to the target data mart tables. yExtraction: define and select tables and columns you want from the source (SQL Query) yTransformation: calculation, aggregation, rename etc. yTransportation: load data into data mart
Builder: Data Populating zTypes of sources supported by Builder yFlat file: xfixed length: flat file with fixed length for each field xcharacter separated: flat file with fields separated by characters yRelational database: Oracle, Sybase, Informix, SQL Server etc.
Populating steps zPopulate dimension tables zPopulate time dimension tables zPopulate stage table zPopulate fact table
BaseView and MetaView zA BaseView is a graphical representation of all or a portion of a physical database, including the tables, columns, and joins. zA MetaView is the view you use to start building your data flow plans. Database BaseViewMetaView
BaseView and MetaView Target Data Target BaseView Source MetaView Data Flow Plan Source Data Source BaseView
Documentation zStart -> Programs -> Oracle for Windows NT -> Oracle Data Mart Documentation Data Mart Suite Cookbook