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Using a data warehouse as a source system?
OK, how about viewing this issue from another angle: Q. Is it possible to categorise, or place a 'rule of thumb' on the types of application that should be allowed to feed from the DW's cleansing/integrating processes? A. Maybe it would be sensible to put some principles in place to get the...- danrobertson
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Using a data warehouse as a source system?
Thanks for both of these responses. KingCrab, you make some valid comments and I entirely agree that the DW should be positioned as a company's single source of the truth for reporting. To add more context to the scenario in response to your question about how the DW can accurately report on...- danrobertson
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- Forum: Data Warehousing/Big Data
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Using a data warehouse as a source system?
How strict should the architecture principles placed on the DW be? The classic principle that I like to assign to a DW architecture is that it is there for information reporting/analysis and definitely not for information processing/feeding to other systems. The DW is a target system, never a...- danrobertson
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