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

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Sree Nilakanta

Iowa State University - College of Business

Kevin P. Scheibe

Iowa State University - College of Business

Anil Rai

Independent

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

Suggested Citation

Nilakanta, Sree and Scheibe, Kevin P. and Rai, Anil, Dimensional Issues in Agricultural Data Warehouse Designs (2011). Nilakanta, S., Scheibe, K., & Rai, A. (2008). Dimensional issues in agricultural data warehouse designs. Computers and electronics in agriculture, 60(2), 263-278., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1879466

Sree Nilakanta

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Kevin P. Scheibe (Contact Author)

Iowa State University - College of Business ( email )

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Anil Rai

Independent ( email )

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