Session A14 1

Informix Database Server

Informix warehouse Accelerator

BI Applications

Step 1. Install, configure,start Informix

Step 2. Install, configure,start Accelerator

Step 3. Connect Studio to Informix & add accelerator

Step 4. Design, validate, Deploy Data mart

Step 5. Load data to accelerator

Ready for Queries

IBM Smart Analytics Studio

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Step 2

Step 3

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Step 5

Ready

Informix Ultimate Warehouse edition

Session A14 2

Informix Database Server

BI Applications

Step 1. Create the Sales-Mart and load it. Sales is the facttable -- range partitioned.

Step 2. Load jobs update the fact table “sales”Only updates existing partition

Step 3. Identify the partition,execute dropPartMart().

Step 4. for same partition,execute loadPartMart().

Ready for Queries

IBM Smart Analytics Studio or stored procedures or command line toolStep 1

Step 4

Step 2

Step 3

Ready

Case 1: Partition refresh: Updates to existing Partitions

Sales-Mart

salescustomer

stores

IWA

OLTP Apps

partitioned fact table

SQL Script: call Stored procedure

Modified partition

INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE

Session A14 3

week1 week2 week3

working window

Time cyclic data managementPartitioned fact table, partitioned by

week

Session A14 4

week1 week2 week3 week4

working window

Time cyclic data managementPartitioned fact table, partitioned by

week

DETACHweek1 partition

ATTACH week4partition

Session A14 5

week1 week2 week3 week4 week6

working window

Time cyclic data management with IWA

Partitioned fact table, partitioned by week

DETACH partition

ATTACH partition

1. Execute dropPartMart on IWA2. DETACH partition from the table

a. ATTACH the partitionb. Execute loadPartMart() on IWA

Session A14 6

Informix Database Server

BI Applications

Step 1. Create the Sales-Mart and load it. Sales is the facttable -- range partitioned.

Need to move the Time window to next range.

Step 2. DETACH operationa. Execute dropPartMart()b. DETACH the partition

Step 3. ATTACH operationa. ATTACH the partitionb. Execute loadPartMart()

Ready for Queries

IBM Smart Analytics Studio or stored procedures or command line toolStep 1

Step 3Step 2

Ready

Case 2: Partition refresh: Time Cyclic data management

Sales-Mart

salescustomer

stores

IWA

OLTP Apps

partitioned fact table

Move the window.

Session A14 7

dropPartMart() procedure

1. Uses the accelerator name, datamart name, table name and partition name.Partition name can be the name of the partition or partition number (sysfragments.partn)The partition name or number should be a valid partition for the table.Call dropPartMart() first before doing the DEATCH

Session A14 8

loadPartMart() procedure

1. Uses the accelerator name, datamart name, table name and partition name.Partition name can be the name of the partition or partition number (sysfragments.partn)The partition name or number should be a valid partition for the table.ATTACH the partition first, before calling loadPartMart().