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Data Modeling 201 for the cloud: designing databases for data warehouses

erwin

Designing databases for data warehouses or data marts is intrinsically much different than designing for traditional OLTP systems. Accordingly, data modelers must embrace some new tricks when designing data warehouses and data marts. Figure 1: Pricing for a 4 TB data warehouse in AWS.

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Complexity Drives Costs: A Look Inside BYOD and Azure Data Lakes

Jet Global

Reporting will change in D365 F&SCM, and those changes could significantly increase complexity and total cost of ownership. To enhance security, Microsoft has decided to restrict that kind of direct database access in D365 F&SCM and replace it with an abstraction layer comprised of something called “data entities”.

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Navigating Data Entities, BYOD, and Data Lakes in Microsoft Dynamics

Jet Global

Consultants and developers familiar with the AX data model could query the database using any number of different tools, including a myriad of different report writers. The SQL query language used to extract data for reporting could also potentially be used to insert, update, or delete records from the database.

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What are decision support systems? Sifting data for better business decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

A DSS leverages a combination of raw data, documents, personal knowledge, and/or business models to help users make decisions. The data sources used by a DSS could include relational data sources, cubes, data warehouses, electronic health records (EHRs), revenue projections, sales projections, and more.

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Understanding Data Entities in Microsoft Dynamics 365

Jet Global

For organizations considering a move to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management (D365 F&SCM), or for those in the early stages of an implementation project, defining a clear strategy for curating data is a key to developing a comprehensive approach to reporting and analytics. What Are Data Entities?

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The Enterprise AI Revolution Starts with BI

Jet Global

Many of the features frequently attributed to AI in business, such as automation, analytics, and data modeling aren’t actually features of AI at all. It All Starts with Data. Which problems do disparate data points speak to? Enter data warehousing. So how is the data extracted?

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What Are OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) Tools?

Smart Data Collective

One of the most valuable tools available is OLAP. This tool can be great for handing SQL queries and other data queries. Every data scientist needs to understand the benefits that this technology offers. Using OLAP Tools Properly. Several or more cubes are used to separate OLAP databases. see more ).