Business Intelligence: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using Oracle Technology Cook

图书信息

作者	John Heaton
出版社	Packt Publishing
ISBN	9781849685498
出版时间	2012-07-17
字数	127.2万
分类	进口书,外文原版书,电脑,网络

读书简介

This book is written in a simple, easy to understand format with lots of screenshots and step-by-step explanations. If you are Project Managers or IT professionals looking to design and develop a data warehouse and business intelligence solution, then this is the best guide for you. This book assumes that you have a fundamental knowledge of data warehouse and business intelligence projects.

目录

Business Intelligence Cookbook: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using Oracle Technology

Table of Contents

Business Intelligence Cookbook: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using Oracle Technology

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgement

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Defining a Program

Introduction

Program or a project

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Mapping your business culture

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Organizations that have grown through acquisition

Organizations that have grown organically

Organizations and growth phases

Metric driven organizations

Report managed organizations

See also

Adapting your project delivery methodology

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Assessing your project team

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Organizing your project team

How to do it...

There's more...

See also

2. Establishing the Project

Introduction

Creating Definition work practice

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating Data Discovery work practice

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating Development work practice

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating Testing work practice

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating Promote work practice

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating Production work practice

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Building a standard work breakdown structure

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Identifying and quantifying the effort drivers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating your estimation tool

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

3. Controlling the Project

Introduction

Requirements Traceability Matrix

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Oracle Application Express and a Requirements Traceability Matrix

Creating an effective risk register

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating an effective issue management register

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a defect and enhancement register

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Oracle Application Express and bug tracking

Creating a cyclical build and test process

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Setting up a collaborative environment

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing client tools for a collaborative environment

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

4. Wrapping Up the Project

Introduction

Creating OWB code artifacts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating OBIEE code artifacts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating APEX code artifacts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating ODI code artifacts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating script artifacts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Building a continuous development capability for enhancements

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a constant feedback and communications loop

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

5. The Blueprint

Introduction

Outlining your business processes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Categorizing your metrics, analysis, and reports within the business process

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Decomposing your analysis and reports to define business entities

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Developing your semantic data model

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Identifying your source of record for your business entities

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Building the blueprint

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

6. Analyzing the Requirements

Introduction

Decomposing the reports and requirements

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Defining the business rules

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Categorizing the business requirements by business drivers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Prioritizing the business requirements

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Adding hierarchies to your semantic data model

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding metrics to your semantic data model

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Defining your data dictionary

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Defining your security requirements

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Defining your data retention requirements

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

7. Architecture and Design

Introduction

Choosing your database type

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Defining your database layout

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Advantages

Disadvantages

There's more...

Selecting the Third Normal Form or a Dimensional model

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

8. Analyzing the Sources

Introduction

Validating and enhancing a conceptual data model

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a business process matrix

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a report requirements matrix

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a source matrix

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Developing the data lineage

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Enforcing standards

Defining the detailed transformations

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

9. Analyzing the Data

Introduction

Building high and low data profiling scripts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Building domain/distinct values profiling

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Building record count profiling scripts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Building density data profiling scripts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Building hierarchy data profiling scripts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Building data lengths data profiling scripts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Building significant columns data profiling scripts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Building changing information data profiling scripts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Building automated data profiling with Oracle Warehouse Builder

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

10. Constructing the Data Model

Introduction

Connecting Oracle SQL Data Modeler to Subversion

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Importing data models into Subversion

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Checkout data models from Subversion

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Synchronizing data model changes with Subversion

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

How to import data models

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

How to reverse engineer your relational data model to a logical data model

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating your domains

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating your glossary

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding Standard columns to your data model

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

How to forward engineer your logical data model to a relational data model

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating your enterprise data models

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

11. Defining the ETL/ELT

Introduction

Abstracting your source system

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Separating your extraction from your loading and transforming routines

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding additional columns to facilitate error trapping and correction

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Designing ETL error trapping and detection routines

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Designing ETL data reconciliation routines

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Designing a notification routine

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

12. Enhancing the Data

Introduction

Creating your application schema

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works..

Creating your application tables

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Developing the journal tables to track changes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works..

Defining the audit triggers

Getting ready

How to do it..

How it works...

Defining the APEX Upload application

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating the Upload interface

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works..

13. Optimizing the Access

Introduction

Developing your standards and guidelines

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Abstracting your tables using aliases

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Developing level-based hierarchies

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating multi-table hierarchies

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Consolidating reports using the column selector

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Enabling dynamic column headings

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Enabling dynamic descriptions

Getting ready

How to do it..

How it works...

Enabling multi-language for the shared captions

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

14. Security

Introduction

Creating an APEX custom authentication procedure

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a row-level Virtual Private Database (VPD)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a column-level Virtual Private Database

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating Virtual Private application context

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring OBIEE for multiple security providers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Integrating Microsoft Active Directory into OBIEE

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating and configuring OBIEE roles

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring OBIEE privileges

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring OBIEE catalog security

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Enabling Virtual Private Database in OBIEE

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Index