Dimensional issues in agricultural data warehouse designs

  • Authors:
  • Sree Nilakanta;Kevin Scheibe;Anil Rai

  • Affiliations:
  • Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States;Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States;Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Recently, the government of India embarked on an ambitious project of designing and deploying the Integrated National Agricultural Resources Information System (INARIS) data warehouse for the agricultural sector. The system's purpose is to support macro level planning. This paper presents some of the challenges faced in designing the data warehouse, specifically dimensional and deployment challenges of the warehouse. We also present some early user evaluations of the warehouse. Governmental data warehouse implementations are rare, especially at the national level. Furthermore, the motivations are significantly different from private sectors. Designing the INARIS agricultural data warehouse posed unique and significant challenges because, traditionally, the collection and dissemination of information are localized.