Explain the flow of data starting with OLTP to OLAP including staging ,summary tables,Facts and dimensions.

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jaggu_mandya  

  • Member Since Jan-2008 | Jan 17th, 2008


OLTP(1)---->ODS(2)------>DWH(3)-------->OLAP(4)------------>Reports(5)------>decision(6)

1-2 (extraction)
2-3 (Transformation and here ODS is itself staging area )
3-4-5 (Use of reporting tool and generate reports)
6-decision is taken i,e purpose of datawarehouse is served

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Sruthi

  • Feb 7th, 2007
 

The flow of data from OLTP to OLAP is as follows:
1. Staging tables
2. Dimension tables
3. Fact tables or (Fact and Summary Tables)
4. Summary Tables

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tushar_jog

  • Feb 16th, 2007
 

Hi,Can I get more information about summary table?

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OLTP(1)---->ODS(2)------>DWH(3)-------->OLAP(4)------------>Reports(5)------>decision(6)


1-2 (extraction)
2-3 (Transformation and here ODS is itself staging area )
3-4-5 (Use of reporting tool and generate reports)
6-decision is taken i,e purpose of datawarehouse is served


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In some of the cases Pre Stage is also a intermediate phase between the OLTP environment and actual staging area.
The prestage is one where dta clensing, data profiling nad data validation takes place. In stage, on the other hand. we apply actual business logic of the ETL phase to bring baout the requiered OLAP objects.
However, both prestage and stage form ODS(Operational Data Source) together.

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wnthanuja

  • Jun 19th, 2008
 

Source System data ----------Extraction---------Transformation(Clenance the data according to business logics)(As dimensions)----------Takes data from the dimension tables in to fact tables using Surrogate keys---------------Load (As cubes)(In to the staging)

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