Category: ETL Testing

Data Types

Data Types

What is a Data Type?? A data type is something that assigns some predefined characteristics to the values and tells the SQL engine , what type of value it is and helps to differentiate...

Data Dictionary

Data Dictionary

What is Data dictionary ? Data Dictionary is basically a repository which contains data about the database such as information about tables , column names,their length , datatypes, attributes and other database structures etc....

Internal Working of Query Execution

Internal Working of Query Execution

When we execute an SQL statement e.g. SELECT * FROM EMP  , Lets see what happens behind the scene i.e Internal working of query execution.In other words , Life cycle of an SQL statement...

ETL Testing Life Cycle

ETL Testing Life Cycle

Like any other testing process , ETL Testing also goes through various phases called ETL Testing Life Cycle 1. Business and Requirement Analysis : This step involves reviewing and analyzing – Business Requirement Document...

Data Marts

Data Marts

What is a Data Mart ?? A Data Mart is a subset or form of Data Warehouse only but its scope is limited to a particular subject.In other words, It is a specific repository...

Metadata And Data Warehousing

Metadata And Data Warehousing

1. Metadata What is Metadata??? Metadata may be defined as’ Data about data’ or ‘Data ( mostly definitions) about the structures containing other data’ . for e.g. a table has four columns , two...

Data warehouse Architecture

Data warehouse Architecture and Process Flow.

Depending upon the business requirements and the budget , different data Warehouse may have different architectures Types Data Warehouse Architecture – Type 1 : Source (OLTP) —–> Staging Area ——> Data Warehouse ——> Reporting...

Types of Constraints

Types of Constraints

In the Previous post we studied about ‘ What are Constraints ? ‘. Now we will read about different Types of Constraints. What are the Different Types of Constraints : 1. NOT NULL Constraint...

Constraints in SQL

Constraints in SQL

What are Constraints ?? Constraints may be defined as rules or conditions applied on the data columns of the table, that restrict the type of data entering into the table.They act as filter between...