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data warehouse
system used for reporting and data analysis, as a core component of business intelligence
SPSS
SPSS Statistics is a statistical software suite developed by IBM for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, and criminal investigation. Long produced by SPSS Inc., it was acquired by IBM in 2009. Versions of the software released since 2015 have the brand name IBM SPSS Statistics.
SAS
statistical software
extract, transform, load
procedure for copying data from one or more sources, then transforming the data at the source system, and lastly copying into a destination system which represents the data differently from the source(s)
data mart
access pattern in data warehouse environments, used to retrieve client-facing data pertaining to a single department, so that each department isolates the use of its own data
Stata
Stata (, , alternatively , occasionally stylized as STATA) is a general-purpose statistical software package developed by StataCorp for data manipulation, visualization, statistics, and automated reporting. It is used by researchers in many fields, including biomedicine, economics, epidemiology, and sociology.
OLAP cube
extension to a spreadsheet's two-dimensional array optimized for multidimensional analysis
star schema
data warehousing schema
master data management
process of identifying, collecting, and integrating critical data of an organization in a single place
dashboard
type of software or components thereof
snowflake schema
logical arrangement of computing tables in a multidimensional database
operational data store
database used for operational reporting and incoming data source for the Enterprise Data Warehouse
business analytics
developing new insights and understanding of business performance based on data and statistical methods
Ralph Kimball
American computer scientist and co-founder of the data warehouse
slowly changing dimension
data dimension which contains relatively static data which can change slowly, but unpredictably, rather than according to a regular schedule
data vault modeling
database modelling method with long-term historical storage that enables tracking of values and load dates back to their sources for auditing
fact table
data warehousing principle, a table consisting of the measurements, metrics or facts of a business process
staging area
intermediate storage area used in data processing during the ETL process
Bill Inmon
American computer scientist and co-founder of the data warehouse
dimension
structure that categorizes facts and measures in a data warehouse
data extraction
act or process of retrieving data out of (usually unstructured or poorly structured) data sources for further data processing or data storage (data migration)
dimensional modeling
set of techniques and concepts used in data warehouse design