... SIGNIFICANT ROLE OF METADATA ț Data model for special databases for OLAP ț Schedules for retrieving data for OLAP Challenges for Metadata Management Although metadata is so vital in a data warehouse ... incremental loads Data loading job streams Data Storage ț ț ț ț ț ț Data models for centralized data warehouse and dependent data marts Subject area groupings of tables Data models for conformed data ... target warehouse data models, source-staging area mappings, staging areawarehouse mappings, data extraction rules, data transformation rules, data cleansing rules, data aggregation rules, data...