Development of Data mart for Inventory Management

Objectives:

To simulate a real project environment for new associates to learn Data warehousing Concepts and tools

To build a prototype, which will be used as collateral for Business Development

To develop a Demo package for showcasing our expertise in various Data Warehousing tools

To develop advanced skills in SAS

Data Availability

Following data and documentation is available from one of our previous projects. The data is available in SQL Server databases.

Source: Structure and data of ODS

Staging Area:Complete structure of Staging Area

Data Mart:Complete Structure and data for a period of six months approx 500mb

Documents: Business Requirements Analysis DocumentHigh Level DesignDetailed Design

Deliverables – SAS Team

ETL from ODS to Staging Data Mart development for the subject areas : Inventory, Backlog, Shipment and

Intransit Development of reports Web deployment Development of Screen cam demo

Indicative System Architecture

Source System

SQL Server SAS Data Sets

INVent

SAP ODS

Staging Area Data Marts

OLAP Reports

Web Reports

SAS Tools to be used on Win NT

Base SASSAS EISSAS GraphSAS AFSAS Warehouse Administrator

Project Schedule

Deliverables – Cognos Team

S# Activitiy 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13

1 Project Initiation2 Studying of Project Documents3 Populating Dimensions4 ETL ODS -> Staging -> Data Mart -> Inventory

- Backlog - Shipment - Intransit

5 Development of Reports/Graphs - Inventory - Backlog - Shipment - Intransit

6 Web Enablement7 Development of Demo

November

Data Warehouse development Multidimensional reports Web deployment Score carding Screen cam demo

Cognos Tools

ImpromptuImpromptu Web ReportsPowerplayVisualizerDecision Stream

Indicative System Architecture

Source System

SQL Server SQL Server SQL Server

Project ScheduleWeeks

S#

Activitiy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 Project Initiation2 Development of Reports/Graphs3 Web Enablement4 Implementing Visualizer5 Development of Demo

SAP ODS

Staging Area Data Marts

OLAP Reports

Web Reports

Scorecarding