Spreadmart

A spreadmart is a concept describing the tendency that spreadsheets go havoc in organizations. Typically spreadmarts is created by individuals at different times using different data sources and rules for defining metrics in an organization, creating a fractured view of the enterprise. The concept was coined in 2002 by Wayne Eckerson at The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) in his article "Taming Spreadsheet Jockeys". [cite web
url = http://www.tdwi.org/display.aspx?ID=7167
title = Taming Spreadsheet Jockeys
last = Eckerson
first = Wayne
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work = TDWI Case Studies and Solutions
publisher = TDWI
date = July 2002
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accessdate = 2008-06-13
archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/5YYQIPcDF
archivedate = 2008-06-13
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* [http://www.tdwi.org/publications/display.aspx?ID=7166#1 Reeling in Spreadmarts – The Proliferation of Spreadmarts] By Wayne Eckerson, Director of Research, TDWI
* [http://www.sqlmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=50661&DisplayTab=Article Can the Spreadmart Beast Be Tamed] By Brian Moran at SQL Server Magazine ( [http://www.webcitation.org/5YYQZ1kzG Archived at 2008-06-13] )