1. Introduction

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Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to do the following:
Identify the objectives of this course
Discuss the course agenda and topics
Familiarize yourself with the backgrounds of your classmates.
Objectives
This lesson covers the objectives and the agenda of the course.
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Course Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:
Describe the Warehouse Builder architecture and configuration
Define and import flat files and relational metadata and define relational targets
Define, deploy, and execute basic source-to-target ETL mappings and process flows
Create mappings to cleanse and match-merge name and address data
Debug mappings using the Mapping Debugger
Analyze performance-tuning strategies for ETL mappings
Backup metadata using the MDL Export/Import
Manage development changes using snapshots
Configure security roles and privileges
Report on the ETL Jobs using the Repository Browser
Describe the OBI EE integration
Course Objectives
This course introduces you to the OWB In-Database feature of the Oracle Database 11g Release 2. You learn about the fundamentals of designing, building, and loading a data warehouse.
You use the OWB Design Center to define the sources and warehouse targets, and design ETL mappings to extract, transform, and load data into the targets. You generate, deploy, and execute OWB design objects to create and populate a target warehouse.
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Course Agenda: Day 1
Introduction
Lesson 1: Installing and Setting Up the Warehouse Builder Environment
Lesson 2: Getting Started with Warehouse Builder
Lesson 3: Understanding the Warehouse Builder Architecture
Lesson 4: Defining Source Metadata
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Course Agenda: Day 2
Lesson 5: Defining ETL Mappings for Staging Data
Lesson 6: Using the Data Transformation Operators
Lesson 7: Cleansing and Match-Merging Name and Address Data
Lesson 8: Using Process Flows
Lesson 9: Deploying and Reporting on ETL Jobs
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Course Agenda: Day 3
Lesson 10: Using the Mapping Debugger
Lesson 11: Enhancing ETL Performance
Lesson 12: Managing Backups, Development Changes, and Security
Lesson 13: Integrating with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
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Appendixes
Appendix A: Practices and Solutions
Appendix B: Creating Experts
Appendix C: Using Diagnosis and Debugging Techniques
Appendixes
Appendix A: This appendix contains practices and solutions for each lesson.
Appendix B: This appendix describes the concepts and benefits of Experts. It explains how you can use the Expert Editor to create experts. It is added as an extra takeaway from this course.
Appendix C: This appendix is added as a quick reference for diagnosing and debugging common issues and errors.
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Questions About You
To ensure that the class can be customized to your specific needs and to encourage dialogue among all, answer the following questions:
Which organization do you work for?
What is your role in your organization?
What is your level of data warehousing expertise?
What do you hope to get out of this class?
Questions About You
You get much more out of this class if you know the backgrounds of your classmates and the issues that they face in the development of a data warehouse. Each student has a unique perspective, experience, and knowledge from which you all can learn.
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Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned about the course agenda.
You should also have become familiar with the backgrounds of your classmates.
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