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What does Instant Warehouse do?
Instant Warehouse can dynamically:
arrowread all of your various data sources directly, using an Arbutus Data Engine installed on that platform
arrowread an exact copy transferred to a staging server (no conversion required)
arrowcombine the data sources in any manner required
arrowapply whatever data mapping rules you specify
arrowimplement whatever data transformation, cleansing or business rules you specify

The whole environment is then presented as a single unified virtual database. This virtual database acts as a prototype of your data warehouse or data mart and can be accessed by:
arrowany Windows application (desktop, server or web service) that reads ODBC, JDBC, OLE/DB or .NET
arrowArbutus Analyzer, which includes powerful analytic capabilities to understand your data and quickly identify data quality issues

This allows the virtual database to interact with your applications or processes in the same manner as the finished project.

Since all of this processing is implemented dynamically, you can change any characteristic of the prototype and instantly see the result in the model.


Develop and update your model quickly Instant Warehouse's data modeling technologies let you implement a prototype of your project with a minimum of up-front planning and costs. Implement an Instant Warehouse as quickly as you can define the requirements. As you see the results you can immediately update the model to reflect new or modified:
arrowtables and columns
arrowdata mappings
arrowdata relationships
arrowbusiness rules and other dynamic calculations
arrowdata transformations and cleansing rules

More than just a prototype Prototype really isn’t the best way to describe Instant Warehouse, since it:
arrowdirectly reads your source data, including complex legacy sources
arrowimplements real interfaces to your applications
arrowcombines any number of disparate data sources into a single logical view
arrowutilizes powerful dynamic processing capabilities to model your transformation, manipulation and data cleansing requirements
Rather than a mock-up, you see the actual project data in operation. Instant Warehouse is so close to the real thing that for many small and medium sized projects it can actually be used as the data warehouse.


Secure Access Instant Warehouse allows any Windows application full read-only access to a virtual data warehouse built using your live source data. Because the access is read-only, even though you may be reading your source data directly, the data is totally safe from change.


Easy Off-line Development You can choose to model your project off-line, using either of our Windows or Linux Data Engines. These data engines are fully compatible with the host system's data types and file structures. This means that even off-line development can be achieved without any need for any advance data preparation or conversions.


Use standard development methodologies Once the final model has been established, you implement it using whatever data warehousing tools and techniques with which you have the most experience. Instant Warehouse is a modeling tool that allows you to build your project right the first time, without affecting your choice of implementation technologies.
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