Does XML open up the implementation of a truly ad hoc EDW? I’m not talking about an EDW that supports ad hoc queries. I’m suggesting a fully ad hoc EDW: data model, data structures, ETL/ELT and BI tool access to end-users with no design or predefinition. The EDW points at a data source and builds a queryable subject area based only on the data available, and discovers the relationships of this new subject area to the existing metadata and tables residing in the EDW.

Scary thought? A DBA’s worst nightmare?

In this blog we ask the question, “How do the Long Tail concept and Black Swan events relate to and impact the Enterprise Data Warehouse and Active Enterprise Intelligence?” This blog will be a discussion platform for the Data Warehouse disruptions caused by these concepts and how to accommodate them.