Q. Why is the presence of multiple vendors and products in the data warehousing environment both good and bad news for builders of data warehouses?

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Q. What critical areas require established standards in the data warehousing environment?

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Q. What is metadata in the context of data warehousing?

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Q. Why is OLAP functionality crucial in a modern data warehouse?

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Q. Which bodies have been working on standards for metadata in the data warehousing environment?

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Q. When did the Object Management Group unveil the Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM) as the standard for metadata interchange for data warehousing?

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Q. What was the purpose of the OLAP Council established in January 1995?

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Q. How many general members were included in the council in the early 2000s?

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Q. What happened to the OLAP Council, and what was it reborn as?

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Q. How many global users were accessing the Internet by the year 2000?

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Q. Why is it important for data warehouse professionals to recognize the significance of e-commerce?

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Q. What was the primary role of early corporate data warehouses and their intended users?

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Q. Why is it important to open data warehouses to the entire community of users in today's business climate?

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Q. What will be the primary information delivery mechanism for opening data warehouses to a wide audience?

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Q. What key requirements are essential from the users' point of view when a data warehouse is brought to the Web?

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Q. What does bringing the Web to the warehouse, in the context of a data Webhouse, primarily involve?

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Q. What is the primary function of clickstream data in the context of a company's website?

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Q. What kind of information can be produced by a clickstream Webhouse to aid in retaining e-commerce customers?

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Q. What does clickstream data primarily enable analysis of?

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Q. What is the key role of a clickstream Webhouse in e-commerce?

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