Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Academic Year: 2024-2025 EVEN

LESSON PLAN

Faculty Name : Dr. RINESH.S

Subject Code & Name : CCS341 DATA WAREHOUSING
Year / Semester : III/VI
Degree & Branch : B.E CSE A SEC

LECTURE HOURS

No. of Hours Allotted as per

Unit No. Of Hours Planned
Syllabus
I 5 6
II 6 7
III 7 8
IV 6 7
V 6 7
Total No. of Hours 30 35

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
• To know the details of data warehouse Architecture
• To understand the OLAP Technology
• To understand the partitioning strategy
• To differentiate various schema
• To understand the roles of process manager & system manager

Lectur Date
Topic(s) to be covered Teaching aids
e No. Planned
Unit I: Introduction to Data Warehouse
Introduction to Data Warehouse
1 21.01.25 Definition and purpose of a data warehouse. BP
Key components of a data warehouse.
Operational Database Vs Data Warehouse
Differences between operational databases
2 22.01.25 and data warehouses. BP
Importance of historical data in data
warehousing.
Data Warehouse Architecture
3 23.01.25 Overview of the architecture, including data BP
sources, ETL processes

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the data warehouse database.
4 24.01.25 BP
Three-tier Data Warehouse Architecture.
Autonomous Data Warehouse
Understanding the concept of Autonomous
Data Warehouse.
5 28.01.25 BP
Comparison of Autonomous Data
Warehouse vs Snowflake.
Overview of Modern Data Warehouse.

6 29.01.25 Revision- Unit I BP

Unit II: ETL and OLAP Technology

What is ETL
Explanation of Extract, Transform,
7 30.01.25 BP
Load processes.
Importance of ETL in data warehousing.
ETL Vs ELT
Differences between ETL and ELT
8 31.01.25 approaches. BP
Choosing the right approach for different
scenarios.
Types of Data Warehouses
Overview of various types of data
9 04.02.25 warehouses. BP
Factors influencing the choice of a data
warehouse type.
OLAP Technology
10 05.02.25 Introduction to Online Analytical BP
Processing.
Characteristics of OLAP and its importance
11 06.02.25 in data analysis.
BP
Differences between OLAP and Online
12 07.02.25 Transaction Processing (OLTP).
BP

13 12.02.25 Revision- Unit II BP

Unit III: Meta Data, Data Mart, and Partition Strategy

14 13.02.25 Metadata in Data Warehousing

BP / SP
Definition and importance of metadata.

15 14.02.25 Categories of metadata and their roles.

BP
Challenges in metadata management.

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Data Mart
16 Importance and need for data marts.
18.02.25 Designing cost-effective data marts.
BP

17 Understanding the challenges and costs

19.02.25 associated with data marts.
BP

Partitioning Strategy
18 20.02.25 Vertical, horizontal
BP

19 21.02.25 normalization partitioning strategies. BP

Implementing partitioning strategies for
20 25.02.25 optimal performance.
BP

21 26.02.25 Revision- Unit III BP

Unit IV: Dimensional Modeling and Schema

Dimensional Modeling and Multi-
22 27.02.25 Dimensional Data Modeling BP
Explanation of dimensional modeling.
Introduction to multi-dimensional data
23 28.02.25 modeling. BP
Understanding data cubes.
Star Schema and Snowflake Schema
24 04.03.25 Definition and differences between star and BP
snowflake schemas.
Comparing and contrasting the two schema
25 types.
05.03.25 Fact Constellation Schema and Process
BP
Architecture

Overview of fact constellation schema.

26 06.03.25 Understanding process architecture.
BP

Types of database parallelism and data

27 07.03.25 warehouse tools.
BP

28 11.03.25 Revision- Unit IV BP

Unit V: System & Process Managers

Data Warehousing System Managers

29 12.03.25 Roles of System Configuration Manager, BP
System Scheduling Manager,
System Event Manager, and System
Database Manager.
30 13.03.25 Understanding the role of System Backup
BP
Recovery Manager.

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31 Data Warehousing Process Managers

14.03.25 Roles of Load Manager,
BP

32 BP
18.03.25 Warehouse Manager, Query Manager,

33 BP
19.03.25 Tuning Manager, and Testing Manager.

34 Practical applications and scenarios for BP

20.03.25 each process manager.
BP
35 21.03.25 Revision- Unit V
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BP Board Presentation
SP Slide Presentation

TEXT BOOKS

1. Alex Berson and Stephen J. Smith “Data Warehousing, Data Mining & OLAP”, Tata McGraw – Hill Edition,
Thirteenth Reprint 2008. 2. Ralph Kimball, “The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional
Modeling”, Third edition, 2013.

REFERENCES

1. Paul Raj Ponniah, “Data warehousing fundamentals for IT Professionals”, 2012. 2. K.P. Soman,
ShyamDiwakar and V. Ajay “Insight into Data mining Theory and Practice”, Easter Economy Edition, Prentice
Hall of India, 2006.

Assessment:
• Quizzes, assignments, and a final project focusing on designing and implementing a small-scale data
warehouse.
• Mid-term examination and a comprehensive final examination covering the entire syllabus.
Resources:
• Textbooks: "The Data Warehouse Toolkit" by Ralph Kimball, "Building the Data Warehouse" by W.
H. Inmon.
• Online resources and documentation for relevant data warehousing tools.

Faculty Signature Head of the Department Principal

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