Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Oracle Resources
• Conventions

1 Introduction to Oracle Airlines Data Model Customization

• What is the Oracle Airlines Data Model?
  • Components of the Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Oracle Products That Make Up Oracle Airlines Data Model
• Steps for Implementing an Oracle Airlines Data Model Warehouse
• Before You Begin Customizing the Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Prerequisite Knowledge for Implementors
  • Responsibilities of a Data Warehouse Governance Committee
• Managing the Metadata for Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Metadata Categories and Standards
  • Working with a Metadata Repository
  • Browsing the Metadata Repository Supplied With Oracle Airlines Data Model
• Performing Fit-Gap Analysis for Oracle Airlines Data Model

2 Physical Model Customization

• Characteristics of the Default Physical Model
• Customizing the Oracle Airlines Data Model Physical Model
  • Questions to Answer Before You Customize the Physical Model
  • Conventions When Customizing the Physical Model
    • General Naming Conventions for Physical Objects
    • Use of History (_H) Tables
    • Domain Definition Standards
• Foundation Layer Customization
  • Common Change Scenarios When Customizing the Foundation Layer of Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Example: Changing the Foundation Layer of the Oracle Airlines Data Model
• General Recommendations When Designing Physical Structures
  • Tablespaces in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Data Compression in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
    • Types of Data Compression Available
  • Tables for Supertype and Subtype Entities in Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Surrogate Keys in the Physical Model
  • Integrity Constraints in Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Indexes and Partitioned Indexes in Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Partitioned Tables in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
    • Partitioning the Oracle Airlines Data Model for Manageability
    • Partitioning the Oracle Airlines Data Model for Easier Data Access
    • Partitioning the Oracle Airlines Data Model for Join Performance
  • Parallel Execution in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
    • Enabling Parallel Execution for a Session
    • Enabling Parallel Execution of DML Operations
    • Enabling Parallel Execution at the Table Level

3 Access Layer Customization

• Introduction to Customizing the Access Layer of Oracle Airlines Data Model
• Dimension Tables in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
• Derived Tables in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Creating New Derived Tables for Calculated Data
  • Customizing Data Mining Models in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
    • Creating a New Data Mining Model for Oracle Airlines Data Model
    • Modifying a Data Mining Model in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
    • Tutorial: Customizing the Customer Life Time Value Prediction Data Mining Model
• Aggregate Tables in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
• Dimensional Components in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Characteristics of a Dimensional Model
  • Characteristics of Relational Star and Snowflake Tables
    • Declaring Relational Dimension Tables
    • Validating Relational Dimension Tables
  • Characteristics of the OLAP Dimensional Model
    • Oracle OLAP Cube Views
    • Cube Materialized Views
  • Characteristics of the OLAP Cubes in Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Defining New Oracle OLAP Cubes for Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Changing an Oracle OLAP Cube in Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Creating a Forecast Cube for Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Choosing a Cube Partitioning Strategy for Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Choosing a Cube Data Maintenance Method for Oracle Airlines Data Model
• Materialized Views in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Types of Materialized Views and Refresh options
    • Refresh Options for Materialized Views with Aggregates
    • Refresh Options for Materialized Views Containing Only Joins
    • Refresh Options for Nested Materialized Views
  • Choosing Indexes for Materialized Views
  • Partitioning and Materialized Views
  • Compressing Materialized Views

4 ETL Implementation and Customization

• The Role of ETL in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
• ETL for the Foundation Layer of an Oracle Airlines Data Model Warehouse
  • Source-ETL Design Considerations
  • ETL Architecture for Oracle Airlines Data Model Source-ETL
  • Creating a Source to Target Mapping Document for the Source-ETL
  • Designing a Plan for Rectifying Source-ETL Data Quality Problems
  • Designing Source-ETL Workflow and Jobs Control
  • Designing Source-ETL Exception Handling
  • Writing Source-ETL that Loads Efficiently
    • Using a Staging Area for Flat Files
    • Preparing Raw Data Files for Source-ETL
    • Source-ETL Data Loading Options
    • Parallel Direct Path Load Source-ETL
    • Partition Exchange Load for Oracle Airlines Data Model Source-ETL
• Customizing Intra-ETL for the Oracle Airlines Data Model
• Performing an Initial Load of an Oracle Airlines Data Model Warehouse
  • Performing an Initial Load of the Foundation Layer
  • Performing an Initial Load of the Access Layer
    • Executing the Default Oracle Airlines Data Model Intra-ETL
• Refreshing the Data in an Oracle Airlines Data Model Warehouse
  • Refreshing the Foundation Layer of Oracle Airlines Data Model Warehouse
  • Refreshing the Access Layer of an Oracle Airlines Data Model Warehouse
    • Refreshing the Access Layer Relational Tables in the Oracle Airlines Data Model
    • Refreshing Oracle Airlines Data Model OLAP Cubes
    • Refreshing Oracle Airlines Data Model Data Mining Models
• Managing Errors During Oracle Airlines Data Model Intra-ETL Execution
  • Monitoring the Execution of the Intra-ETL Process
  • Recovering an Intra ETL Process
  • Troubleshooting Intra-ETL Performance
    • Checking the Execution Plan
    • Monitoring PARALLEL DML Executions
    • Troubleshooting Data Mining Model Creation

5 Report and Query Customization

• Reporting Approaches in Oracle Airlines Data Model
• Customizing Oracle Airlines Data Model Sample Reports
• Writing Your Own Queries and Reports
• Optimizing Star Queries
• Troubleshooting Oracle Airlines Data Model Report Performance
• Writing As Is and As Was Queries
  • Characteristics of an As Is Query
  • Characteristics of an As Was Query
  • Examples: As Is and As Was Queries
• Tutorial: Creating a New Oracle Airlines Data Model Dashboard
• Tutorial: Creating a New Oracle Airlines Data Model Report

A Sizing and Configuring an Oracle Airlines Data Model Warehouse

• Sizing an Oracle Airlines Data Model Warehouse
• Configuring a Balanced System for Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Maintaining High Throughput in an Oracle Airlines Data Model Warehouse
  • Configuring I/O in an Oracle Airlines Data Model for Bandwidth not Capacity
  • Planning for Growth of Your Oracle Airlines Data Model
  • Testing the I/O System Before Building the Oracle Airlines Data Model Warehouse
  • Balanced Hardware Configuration Guidelines for Oracle Airlines Data Model

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