This chapter outlines the tasks you must perform to prepare your data warehouse before performing your initial data capture.

It contains the following topics:

• Loading and Refreshing the Siebel Customer-Centric Enterprise Warehouse
• Database Types for Data Warehouse Objects
• Modifying the Repository Connections
• Optimizing Database Performance
• About Working with Workflows
• About the Initialization Workflow
• Initialization Workflow Files
• Loading Your Fiscal Calendar
• About the Source-Specific Main Workflows
• About Modifying Session Parameters for Initial and Incremental Loads
• Configuring the Date Parameters for Parameter Files
• Configuring the Database Parameter for the Source System
• Configuring the Database Parameter for Post-Load Processing
• About Working with Post-Load Processing Workflows
• Restarting the Extract, Transform, and Load Process
• About Improving the Query Performance of Siebel Customer-Centric Enterprise Warehouse
• About the Table Analyze Utility
• Process of Configuring the Table Analyze Utility