Knowledge
What is a data warehouse?
A central, structured store where all business data comes together for analysis.
What it involves
What is a data warehouse?
A data warehouse is a database purpose-built to bring together, structure and historise data from multiple source systems. Unlike your ERP or CRM it is optimised for analysis: querying large volumes fast, comparing over time and combining across departments.
- Brings together ERP, CRM, finance and operations
- Keeps history, even when source systems change
- Optimised for analysis rather than transactions
- Delivers one unambiguous set of definitions
- Forms the basis for BI, reporting and AI
- Scales in the cloud at predictable cost
Approach
How we approach this
01
Sources
Data is collected from systems periodically.
02
Load
Cleaning, joining and historising.
03
Model
Facts and dimensions for analysis.
04
Use
BI, reporting and AI applications.
Outcome
What it delivers
Figures that are the same everywhere
Analysis across systems
Less dependency on exports
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