Bridging the Gap between Multidimensional Business Problem Formulation and the Implementation of Multidimensional Data Models

Franca Piazza, Friedrich Röhrs

2013

Abstract

In data warehouse implementations the comprehensive identification of user requirements is a critical success factor. The translation of business problems into conceptual data models is very challenging and currently there are no information systems that assist in these tasks. In this research, we therefore elaborate on the challenges in that specific area and develop an information system to gather information needs and automatically transform them into conceptual multidimensional data models. We then demonstrate the use of the information system within the domain of Human Resource Management.

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Piazza F. and Röhrs F. (2013). Bridging the Gap between Multidimensional Business Problem Formulation and the Implementation of Multidimensional Data Models . In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8565-59-4, pages 79-87. DOI: 10.5220/0004394700790087


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@conference{iceis13,
author={Franca Piazza and Friedrich Röhrs},
title={Bridging the Gap between Multidimensional Business Problem Formulation and the Implementation of Multidimensional Data Models},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,},
year={2013},
pages={79-87},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004394700790087},
isbn={978-989-8565-59-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,
TI - Bridging the Gap between Multidimensional Business Problem Formulation and the Implementation of Multidimensional Data Models
SN - 978-989-8565-59-4
AU - Piazza F.
AU - Röhrs F.
PY - 2013
SP - 79
EP - 87
DO - 10.5220/0004394700790087