Deriving the Conceptual Model of a Data Warehouse from Information Requirements

Natalija Kozmina, Laila Niedrite, Maksims Golubs

2013

Abstract

Business requirements are essential for developing any information system, including a data warehouse. However, requirements written in natural language may be imprecise. This paper offers a model for business requirement formalization according to certain peculiarities of elements of multidimensional models, e.g. the distinction between quantifying and qualifying data. We also propose an algorithm that generates candidate data warehouse schemas and is based on distinguishing data warehouse schema elements in formal requirements. Then, resulting schemas are processed by a semi-automated procedure in order to obtain a data warehouse schema that matches business requirements best of all.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kozmina N., Niedrite L. and Golubs M. (2013). Deriving the Conceptual Model of a Data Warehouse from Information Requirements . In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8565-59-4, pages 136-144. DOI: 10.5220/0004426301360144

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis13,
author={Natalija Kozmina and Laila Niedrite and Maksims Golubs},
title={Deriving the Conceptual Model of a Data Warehouse from Information Requirements},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,},
year={2013},
pages={136-144},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004426301360144},
isbn={978-989-8565-59-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,
TI - Deriving the Conceptual Model of a Data Warehouse from Information Requirements
SN - 978-989-8565-59-4
AU - Kozmina N.
AU - Niedrite L.
AU - Golubs M.
PY - 2013
SP - 136
EP - 144
DO - 10.5220/0004426301360144