Create a Project

Introduction:

The OWB Project is the least granular OBW component and houses all of the object that make up a complete data warehouse.

Aim:

Create a project.

Requirements:

Access to OWB.

Procedure:

• Log on to OWB.
• -Project-
• -Create Project-
• Welcome:
• [Next]
• Name:
• Type in a name...: Think hard about this. All your developers will be accessing it. Something geeky is good.
• Type in an optional description: Users will be able to read this through a metadata browser so this should be meaningful to them.
• [Next]
• Version Properties:
• Type in an optional version label: The Version Control facilities of OWB are not very good. You have to jump through hoops to maintain objects at different versions and have developers working at different stages of a project. I just leave this blank.
• [Next]
• Finish:
• [Finish]
• A new project appears on the project tree in OWB's main screen.