Eva Jane Secrist

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I have been working in Information Technology for more than 20 years. I have specifically been involved in Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and the related Infrastructure for the last 12 years. I work with IBM Cognos and Microsoft SQL Server.

Latest Articles

Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
Old fashioned boiled and stirred to thickness, fudge is a wonderful treat to be enjoyed by all during the Easter or candy season.
Mar 24, 2010 - Eva Jane Secrist
Master Data Managment Discipline
Master Data Management is a discipline where a centralized database holds the key information about master data.
Mar 23, 2010 - Eva Jane Secrist
Business Intelligence Roles
The most important resource of a data warehouse project is the team member. There are multiple roles for a successful BI/Data Warehouse project.
Mar 23, 2010 - Eva Jane Secrist
Data Dictionary and MetaData
Data about data is called meta data. Meta data is often housed in a data dictionary. The data dictionary is one of the primary needs of a successful BI team.
Mar 14, 2010 - Eva Jane Secrist
Derivation Functions - Array Control Types
In an ETL process there are many ways to turn data into information. Arrays are a unique way to load a collection of data at program run time to be accessed with indices
Feb 7, 2010 - Eva Jane Secrist
Decision Stream Derivation Expression Functions
The Decision Stream or Data Manager ETL tool has many built in capabilities that assist the DW programmer in building business intelligent data for the organization
Jan 19, 2010 - Eva Jane Secrist
Decision Stream Derivation Expression Operators
The Decision Stream or Data Manager ETL tool has many built in capabilities that assist the data warehouse programmer in generating the data needed by the business.
Jan 5, 2010 - Eva Jane Secrist
IBM Cognos Decision Stream/Data Manager Objects
IBM Cognos Data Manager is a powerful ETL developer tool. It is important to learn key terms and concepts related to building applications using the tool.
Dec 23, 2009 - Eva Jane Secrist
Data Warehousing Terminology
There are many terms used in the fields of data warehousing and business intelligence. A few key terms are important to know and understand to get started.
Dec 21, 2009 - Eva Jane Secrist
Data Warehousing Concepts
One of the fastest growing technology fields is business intelligence(BI). To support the reporting needs of the business, an ETL developer uses tools to gather data.
Dec 18, 2009 - Eva Jane Secrist