What are Staging and Operational Data Stores and what is their difference? Why does one need staging and why does one need ODS? What will happen if they are not there? Who and how is it decided that a staging or ODS is needed? Which comes first staging or ODS?

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• Feb 3rd, 2010

An Operational Data Store (ODS) is a repository of active "operational" data.  It's typically used to hold data for a short period (eg. Days or weeks at most), to help the business ...

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• Jan 19th, 2010

Stagining and operational data store are different databases.It can be one database aswell to reduce the cost to maitain two databases.Staging is the place where cleansing is done and Operational Stor...

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