Extending the Data Warehouse
This topic describes working with the Commerce Server 2002 Data Warehouse. Information is provided about the basic structures and primary business categories of the logical schema. Procedures to extend the logical schema and import custom data into the Data Warehouse are also presented.
This section contains:
- Basic Structures of the Logical Schema. Defines the conceptual infrastructure of the Data Warehouse in terms of the class, data member, key, and relation.
- Describing Data Warehouse Logical Relations. Describes the logical relation types through examples.
- About the OLE DB Provider for Commerce Server. Describes features and limitations of the OLE DB Provider for Commerce Server.
- Dividing the Data Warehouse into Primary Business Categories. Explains the conceptual division of the logical schema into primary business categories: Campaigns, Catalog, Transactions, Profile Management, Web Log Import, and Web Topology. Each category can involve multiple business processes. These categories provide the conceptual entry points into the logical schema.
- Extending the Data Warehouse Logical Schema. Provides code to extend the Data Warehouse logical schema.
- Extending Commerce Events. Describes how to create new commerce events, how to extend the Data Warehouse to store the new commerce events, and how to create reports about the new commerce events.
- Importing Custom Data into the Data Warehouse. Discusses the process of importing custom data into the Data Warehouse.
- Data Warehouse Relationship Tables. Provides relationship information for the cubes, dimensions, reports, and tables.
See Also
OLE DB Provider for Commerce Server
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