Oracle-L: DW reading for design and implementation

From: Saira Somani <saira_somani_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 06:58:42 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00573262.20030326065842@fatcity.com>

Listers,

We are in our first year of production and our transactions are growing in volumes unforeseen. Our management team, our customers, and our clients are most interested in analyzing historical trends so they can better predict future trends. At the moment we use ad-hoc reporting at month/period end on our operational database which is the only database structure we have at the moment.

Technology infrastructure
Oracle 8.1.7.0.0 on RS/6000
Cognos BI Tools - Impromptu and PowerPlay

I'm looking to plan for the future. What do I do? Am I to build a data warehouse? What are best practices? Is anyone able to recommend websites, articles, **books**, or share similar experiences to point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Author: Saira Somani
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