Data Warehouse Overview

(Financial Analysis)

May 02, 2002

Agenda
 Data Warehouse Review
 Rensselaer DW Overview
 Intro. to Financial Analysis
 Homework!

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Data Warehouse Review

A data warehouse is a subject-oriented,

integrated, time-varying, non-volatile
collection of data in support of the
management's decision-making process."
--- Bill Inmon

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Data Warehouse Review
 General Characteristics
 Subject Oriented
 Integrated
 Time Varying
 Consistent
 Non-volatile (usually)
 Used in management decision making
process

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Data Warehouse Review
 Key Concepts
 Data Warehouse vs. Data Mart
 Data Mart – Single subject area
 Data Warehouse – Integrated Data Marts
 Star Schema
 Dimensions
 Hierarchies
 Descriptive Attributes
 Fact Tables
 Metadata

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Definitions – cont.
 Star Schema
Common method of organizing and relating dimensions and
facts to support end user reporting and analytical needs.
 Dimension
Table of related attributes typically organized in a hierarchy
used to describe business facts.
 Fact Table
Table of common data elements used to measure a business.
Typically numeric values.
 Metadata
Repository of business information describing the data
elements, business rules, processes and sources
systems of the warehouse.

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Data Warehouse/Data Mart
Rensselaer Data Warehouse

Operating Ledger Operating Ledger

Financial Monthly
Transactions Snapshot

Data Warehouse
Brio

Rensselaer
Metadata
End User
Query and
Data Mart Reporting,
Dashboards
General Ledger General Ledger
Monthly Financial
Snapshot Transactions
(Future)

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Star Schema
Fiscal Period Dim

•Fiscal Period Key

•Fiscal Year
•Fiscal Year Desc.

Operating
Monthly Snapshot Fund Dim
Organization Dim Facts
•Fiscal Period Key
•Organization Key •Fund Key
•Organization Key
•Chart Code •Chart Code
•Fund Key
•Chart Desc •Chart Desc
•Budget Amt
•Portfolio Code •Fund Group_1
•Expenditure Amt
•Portfolio Desc. •Fund Code
•Commitment Amt
•Fund Code Desc.

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 Star Schema – Reporting
sio ion

Fiscal Period Operating Monthly

Dimension Fund Dimension
e n i za t

Fiscal Year: FY-2001

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Snapshot Facts
Di g a n
m
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Portfolio Desc Fund Group Desc Budget Expenditure Commitment

Finance Restricted Funds $150,000.00 $50,000.00 $10,000.00

Unrestricted Funds $75,000.00 $15,000.00 $5,000.00

Administration Restricted Funds $100,00.00 $20,00.00 $30,00.00

Unrestricted Funds $25,000.00 $5,000.00 $2,000.00

School of Science Restricted Funds $250,000.00 $150,000.00 $20,000.00

Unrestricted Funds $100,000.00 $50,000.00 $15,000.00

Student Life Restricted Funds $200,000.00 $125,000.00 $25,000.00

Unrestricted Funds $100,000.00 $75,000.00 $7,500.00

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Rensselaer DW Overview
Informatica - Oracle Database
Source Data ETL Process
•Banner Finance •Gather data from
Operating Ledger
operational sources
•Banner Grants Transactions
•Data cleansing and
integration
•Populate and Q/A
Operating Ledger
Data Warehouse
Monthly Snapshot

Potential External
Data Sources
•Budgeting Data General Ledger
Monthly Snapshot
•Alumni

Metadata Brio - End User Reporting and

Analysis

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Rensselaer DW Overview
 Three fiscal years (FY2000 – 2002)
 Operating Ledger transaction detail
 Operating Ledger monthly snapshots
 General Ledger monthly snapshots
 Refreshed daily
 Troy and Hartford information
 Key Data Hierarchies
 Organization (current & month end)
 Fund, Program, Account (current & FY end)
 ITD summaries for Research Grants

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Intro. to Financial Data Marts
 Operating Ledger Financial Transactions
 Operating Ledger Monthly Snapshot
 General Ledger Monthly Snapshot

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Operating Ledger Financial Budget
Transactions
Rensselaer Data Warehouse Project
Finance Budget Transaction Facts

Transaction Date
Activity Date Dim
Dim
(View)
(View)

Organization Dim ProgramDim

Organization
Activity Dim
History Dim

Home
Finance Budget Transaction Type
Organization Dim
Transaction Facts Dim
(View)
Grain:
Each Operating Ledger Budget
Transaction for the lowest level
FOAPAL

Financial
Fund Dim
Transaction Dim

Account Dim Grant Dim

Audit Dim

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Operating Ledger Financial
Commitment Transactions
Rensselaer DataWarehouseProject
FinanceEncumbranceTransactionFacts

TransactionDate
ActivityDateDim
Dim
(View)
(View)

OrganizationDim ProgramDim

Organization
ActivityDim
History Dim

Home Finance TransactionType

OrganizationDim Encumbrance Dim
(View) TransactionFacts
Grain:
EachOperatingLedger
EncumbranceTransactionfor
thelowest level FOAPAL
Financial
FundDim
TransactionDim

Account Dim Grant Dim

Audit Dim

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Operating Ledger Financial Actual
Transactions
Rensselaer DataWarehouseProject
FinanceActual TransactionFacts

TransactionDate
ActivityDateDim
Dim
(View)
(View)

OrganizationDim ProgramDim

Organization
ActivityDim
HistoryDim

Home
FinanceActual TransactionType
OrganizationDim
TransactionFacts Dim
(View)
Grain:
EachOperatingLedger Actual
Transactionfor thelowest level
FOAPAL

Financial
FundDim
TransactionDim

Account Dim Grant Dim

Audit Dim

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Operating Ledger Monthly Snapshot
Rensselaer DataWarehouseProject
OperatingLedger MonthlySnapshots

Fiscal Period
Dim

OrganizationDim ProgramDim

Organization
ActivityDim
HistoryDim

OperatingLedger
MonthlySnapshot
Home
OrganizationDim Grant Dim
(View)

FundDim Account Dim

Financial
Statement
Audit Dim
Categories
(Future)

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General Ledger Monthly Snapshot
Rensselaer DataWarehouseProject
General Ledger MonthlyBalances

Fiscal Period
Dimension

Account
Dimension

GLFund General Ledger

Dimension MonthlyBalance
(View) Snapshot

Financial
Statem ent
CategoryDim
(Future)

Audit Dim

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References- http://www.rpi.edu/datawarehouse/

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Wrap-up
 Questions
 Homework
 Please review data models
 Provide feedback on table and column
descriptions.

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