%0 Journal Article %T Comparative Study of Data Warehouse Design Approaches : A Survey %A Rajni Jindal %A Shweta Taneja %J International Journal of Database Management Systems %D 2012 %I Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC) %X The process of developing a data warehouse starts with identifying and gathering requirements, designing the dimensional model followed by testing and maintenance. The design phase is the most important activity in the successful building of a data warehouse. In this paper, we surveyed and evaluated the literature related to the various data warehouse design approaches on the basis of design criteria and propose a generalized object oriented conceptual designframework based on UML that meets all types of user needs. %K Data warehouse design %K Multidimensional modelling %K Unified Modelling Language %U http://airccse.org/journal/ijdms/papers/4112ijdms04.pdf