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Virginia Tech is…. located in Blacksburg, VA the largest in the commonwealth -- 8 colleges and graduate school -- 60 bachelor’s degree programs -- 110 master’s and doctoral degree programs -- 25,000+ students among the Top 50 research institutions in the US. IWA Mission…. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Virginia Tech is… located in Blacksburg, VA
the largest in the commonwealth-- 8 colleges and graduate school-- 60 bachelor’s degree programs-- 110 master’s and doctoral degree programs-- 25,000+ students
among the Top 50 research institutions in the US
IWA Mission…
develop and maintain the Data Warehouse
provide a Metadata Repository-- technical descriptions-- business definitions-- helps users understand the data
deliver user training for the Warehouse
IWA Team consists of…
1 Project Leader
4 Data Warehouse Architects
1 Oracle Data Base Administrator
3 Applications Analysts
1 Brio Administrator
1 Training and Metadata Coordinator
Building a Data Mart…
Begins with a Project Agreement
Map out from Data Source to Target Tables
Develop the Extraction-Transformation-Loading (Data Stage) and Quality Checking Processes
Develop Business Definitions and Data Models
Verify the Data
Metadata Application…
Displays complete Business Definitions-- Table and Views-- Columns (alphabetical order)
Web-based-- Allows for remote updating-- Dynamically-created pages– always
current information
Data Models available as well
Query-Analysis Tool Requirements
Web-accessible Graphical user interface
Ad-hoc query capability
Considered many, chose Brio.Insight
Brio Training…
Tool Training-- two 4-hour sessions-- developed our own training materials-- used the Sample database
Data Training-- data warehouse concepts-- data models and metadata-- 3-4 simple Brio queries-- Finance, HR, Position Control,
Payroll, Accounts Receivable
Security…
Data Warehouse-- controlled by the database, not the query
tool-- uses object and row-level security defined
in the enterprise system-- enforces row-level and data-value security
through Oracle views
Brio On-Demand Server-- data models available by subject area-- users can modify existing data models
Executive Dashboard…
Pivot Reports-- Finance, HR, Position Control-- provides summary, drill-down capability
Dashboard “hides” the queries and results
Brio.Insight provides “anywhere access”
Questions?…
Contact Information:
Alan Moeller– [email protected]
Georgiy Kolomiyets– [email protected]
