History of the Data Warehouse

John Rome

Director, Data Administration and Data Warehouse

1992Roseanne

Batman Returns

Washington Redskins

Chicago Bulls

Andre Agassi/Steffi Graf

Barney the Dinosaur

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1992• Open House in Moeur Building –

September 1992

• “Data Access…A Piece of Cake”

• 11 PC products/6 Macintosh query tools on display

• 250 Faculty/Staff Attended

• Could access student data through demonstration tools

1992• Project started to demonstrate the ability to

make data accessible through a relational database (SQL)

• Spent 6 months on prototype

• Server – Sun Sparc 630 - 512 MB (RAM) 2 CPUs (40 Mhz?)

• Storage – 4 GB?

• 30 Concurrent Users Threshhold

• 30 Pilot Users

30 Original Users of WarehouseSheila Ainley David Bear Kent Blaylock

Lowell Crary Nancy Dickson Jim Eberle

Cathie Fox Marilyn Hart Nancy Higgins

Darrel Huish Kurt Johnson Stephanie Jacobson

Judy Kyrala Steve Latino Lois Lehman

Pao-Seh Lin Sarah Lindquist Roger Lurie (2)

Marsha Martin Cyndee Miller (2) Jeani Mitchell

Cecile Morrow John Rome Ernie Santiago

Janet Snell Linda Reed Verne Talavera

Tammy Vavra

1992 - Original Warehouse Gang

1992 - Original Warehouse Gang

1992 - Brio

• After an extensive query tool evaluation (thanks to Roger Lurie), Data Prism was selected

• Data Prism will eventually became Brio Query and is now Brio Enterprise

• Data Pivot was originally a separate product

• ASU was one of Brio Technologies 1st ten customers

1992 - Sybase

• Original relational database of Data Warehouse

• Started with version 4.9

• Have used version 10.x, 11.x and will migrate to 12.x.

• Supported tools that talked SQL

• In 1992, Sybase cost more than Brio

1993–1997 (Major Milestones/Events)• Data Access Policy Approved (1993)

• Famous Aqua Brochure (1993)

• Data Warehouse Training Offered (1994)

• FINANCIAL database developed (1995)

• WUG meetings started (1995)

• Class Roster via the Web (1996)

• Smithsonian Award for Innovation (1997)

• HUMAN_RESOURCE database developed (1997)

1997 (5 Years Later)ER

Men in Black

Green Bay Packers

Chicago Bulls

Pete Sampras/M.Hingis

Beanie Babies

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1997 (5 Years Later)• Data Warehouse was being used for more

reporting at University

• More Warehouse/Web development

• Server – HP 9000/T500 - 2 GB (RAM) 4 CPUs (90 Mhz)

• Storage – 20 GB?

• 100 Concurrent Users Threshhold

• 350 Users

1998–2001 (Major Milestones/Events)• Property Control/ Web Site (1998)

• Sponsored Data/Web reports (1999)

• FA database development (1999)

• Comptroller’s Web Reports available (2000)

• Governor’s Award of Excellence (2000)

• Successful ABOR Audit (2001)

2002 (10 Years Later)• Data Warehouse has become “Mission-

Critical” to University

• Contract signed with Brio Technology

• Still running on Sybase database

• Server – Sun - 3 GB (RAM) 6 CPUs (450 Mhz?)

• Storage – 80 GB

• 250 Concurrent Users Threshhold

• 1781 users (logins to E1)

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Cost of BRIO($ per user)

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Brio Intelligence 6.6 Arrives

Doug Vinzant Leaves

Warehouse Users (logins)

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623 52% Academic Affairs

159 13% Student Affairs

133 11% Administrative Affairs

56 5% Research

32 3% Institutional Advancement

150 12% East and West Campuses

49 4% All Other Areas

1202 100% TOTAL

Distribution of Warehouse Users

2002 - Current Gang

Ware-q and Friends of WarehouseClara Adams Elaine Moore Sue Bishop

Hema Indap Jack Davis Bridgot Allcott

Jere Coon Kathy Hermanson Kato Haws

Kevin Miller Melinda Jobe Sheldon Zola

Sherry Eshkibok Bill Hetke Terry Deasey

Kimberly Sturdy Walter Ellis Cheryl Conover

Millie Torre Joseph Matt Melinda Gebel

Keith Elgin IT Operations Computer Accounts

Val Patten Rosa Corrales Gordon Smith

ASU Data WarehouseOTHER

SOURCES

UNIX

MAINFRAME

OS/390

LEGACY SYSTEM

(DB2/IDMS)

SQL/ODBCSQL/”Native” SQL/ODBC

NT WEB SERVER

ASPCOLD FUSION

UNIXWEB SERVER

JAVA

SQL/JDBC

PRIMARY SUPPORT SPECIAL

WAREHOUSE(CENSUS)

FINANCIAL

STUDENT_AID SIGMA

HUMAN_RESOURCE

STUDENT

SPONSORED

COURSE

STUDENT_AID

March 1, 2002

TRAINING(*)

DICTIONARY

LOOKUP

PERSONDIRECTORY_

SERVICES

USER_TABLE

SRCSTUDENT_FEE

REPORTINGDARS_

REPORTINGFACILITY_

REPORTINGPROPERTY_CONTROL_

REPORTING

STUDENT_RETENTION

WAREHOUSE_ADMIN

PROXY DBs

HOPE_TAX_PROJECT

Warehouse Databases Today

ASU’s Data Warehouse – 10 Years Old

2002 (10 Years Later)Osbournes?

Spiderman?

New England Patriots

LA Lakers

Pete Sampras/Serena

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