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Published inOct 2010
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ISBN-139781849681186
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Yuli Vasiliev
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Yuli Vasiliev

Yuli Vasiliev is a software developer, freelance author, and consultant currently specializing in open-source development, Oracle technologies, and service-oriented architecture (SOA). He has over 10 years of software development experience as well as several years of technical writing experience. He wrote a series of technical articles for Oracle Technology Network (OTN) and Oracle Magazine. Contact Yuli Vasiliev
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Building dimensional data stores with Oracle Warehouse Builder


In the following sections, you'll learn how to build a sample warehouse with Oracle Warehouse Builder. In particular, you will learn how to perform the following:

  • Working with Design Center, the primary tool of Warehouse Builder

  • Creating a project for a warehouse

  • Defining source and target modules

  • Creating dimensions and cubes

  • Populating dimensions and cubes with data

Launching Design Center

On Windows, to launch Design Center, you can select Start | Programs | OWB_ORACLE_HOME | Warehouse Builder | Design Center from the Windows Start menu. On a Linux platform, run the following script OWB_ORACLE_HOME/owb/bin/unix/owbclient.sh.

As a result, you should see the Design Center Logon dialog prompting for a workspace User Name and Password as well as the underlying database connection details. The dialog is shown in the following screenshot:

Looking at the previous screenshot, you may notice that owbuser is used as the User Name here...

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Oracle Business Intelligence : The Condensed Guide to Analysis and Reporting
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Yuli Vasiliev

Yuli Vasiliev is a software developer, freelance author, and consultant currently specializing in open-source development, Oracle technologies, and service-oriented architecture (SOA). He has over 10 years of software development experience as well as several years of technical writing experience. He wrote a series of technical articles for Oracle Technology Network (OTN) and Oracle Magazine. Contact Yuli Vasiliev
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