Dimensional Issues in Agricultural Data Warehouse Designs
Nilakanta, S., Scheibe, K., & Rai, A. (2008). Dimensional issues in agricultural data warehouse designs. Computers and electronics in agriculture, 60(2), 263-278.
Posted: 6 Jul 2011 Last revised: 20 Jun 2013
Date Written: 2011
Abstract
Recently, the government of India embarked on an ambitious project of designing and deploying the Integrated National Agricultural Resources Information System (INARIS) data warehouse for the agricultural sector. The system's purpose is to support macro-level planning. This paper presents some of the challenges faced in designing the data warehouse, specifically dimensional and deployment challenges of the warehouse. We also present some early user evaluations of the warehouse. Governmental data warehouse implementations are rare, especially at the national level. Furthermore, the motivations are significantly different from private sectors. Designing the INARIS agricultural data warehouse posed unique and significant challenges because, traditionally, the collection and dissemination of information are localized.
Keywords: Data warehouse, Agriculture, Dimensional model, Warehouse architecture
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