Module 7: Business Intelligence & Data Warehouses
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Overview
This module looks at the terminology, concepts and skills involved in designing and using business intelligence (BI) and data warehouses.
Skills covered:
How business intelligence is a comprehensive framework
to support business decision making
How operational data and decision support data differ
What a data warehouse is, how to prepare data for one, and how to
implement one
What star schemas are and how they are constructed
What data mining is and what role it plays in decision support
About online analytical processing (OLAP)
How SQL extensions are used to support OLAP-type data manipulations
This module begins on 11/14
Readings
Textbook:
Chapter 13. Business Intelligence and Data Warehouses.
Additional Resources:
Readings and Videos will be posted the Sunday before the Module
Lecture
Lecture(s):
Lectures will be posted the Sunday before the Module
PowerPoints Only:
PowerPoints will be posted the Sunday before the Module
Assignments
Module Assignment(s):
Skills Assignment
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