University data warehouse design issues: A case study

Abstract

A discussion of the design and modeling issues associated with a data warehouse for the University of Florida, as developed by the office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO). The data warehouse is designed and implemented on a mainframe system using a highly de-normalized DB2 repository for detailed transaction data and for feeding data to heterogeneous data models owned by different administrative units. The details of technology selection, business requirements, tools building, cultural challenges, architecture modes, models, and hardware information will be described. The data warehouse analysis, logical and physical design, application server, and implementation issues will also be explained.