Re: What is a 'data mart'?

From: Chris Berry <compjma_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 19:06:37 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0058D292.20030430190637@fatcity.com>

>From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
<snip>
>Your definition comes closest to my own
>understanding, which is that a data mart is a subset of a
>data warehouse,

</snip>

That's the way I understood it too. Essentially you have huge data wharehouse that has all kinds of info in it. To make things easier and faster for users you create multiple data marts to access that data in specific ways. Seperate ones for customer support and marketing for example.

Chris Berry
compjma_at_hotmail.com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

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