# Data warehouse

Concept · [Technical basics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/technical)

Also called: data warehouses, warehouse, analytics database, data lake

A central [database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database) that collects copies of data from many business systems so it can be analyzed and reported on in one place.

**For example:** A company copies [sales](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/revenue), support and billing data into a data warehouse every night and builds its [dashboards](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dashboard) from there.

## Connects to (5)

- [Database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database): Organized storage for your app's information, such as users, orders and messages, so it can be saved and looked up later.
- [Dashboard](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dashboard): A screen that shows the important numbers for a product or a business at a glance, usually as charts and totals that update on their own.
- [Data lineage](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-lineage): A record of where a piece of data came from and every step that changed it along the way.
- [Data governance](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-governance): The rules and responsibilities for how an organization's data is collected, stored, used and protected.
- [ERP](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/enterprise-resource-planning): Enterprise resource planning.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-warehouse