Comprehensive survey on data warehousing research

Data, information and knowledge have important role in various human activities because by processing data, information is extracted and by analyzing data and information the knowledge is extracted. The problem of storing, managing and analyzing the huge volumes of data, which is generated regularly by the various sources has been arisen which leads to the need of large data repositories, e.g. data warehouses. In view of the above, a considerable amount attention of research and industry has been attracted by the data warehousing (DW). Various issues and challenges in the field of data warehousing are presented in many studies during the recent years. In this paper, a comprehensive survey is presented to take a holistic view of the research trends in the fields of data warehousing. This paper presents a systematic division of work of researchers in the fields of data warehousing. Finally, current research issues and challenges in the area of data warehousing are summarized for future directions. © 2017, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management.