☛ A virtual data warehouse provides a collective view of the completed data. A virtual data warehouse has no historic data. It can be considered as a logical data model of the containing metadata.

☛ Virtual data warehousing is a ‘de facto’ information system strategy for supporting analytical decision making. It is one of the best ways for translating raw data and presenting it in the form that can be used by decision makers. It provides semantic map – which allows the end user for viewing as virtualized.