AI engineering glossary · Data engineering
What is DWH (data warehouse)?
Data warehouse (also called DWH, EDW): A central database designed for analysis rather than day-to-day transactions. It stores cleaned, structured, historical data from many sources in a consistent model so analysts can run large aggregate queries quickly and trust the numbers.
Data warehouse: an example
A company's finance team queries a warehouse holding five years of sales, returns and inventory from separate systems to build quarterly reports.
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Where you learn it
Data warehouse is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.