Data Integration and Governance

Sep 1, 2026 · Big Data

Building a Real-Time Data Warehouse: End-to-End Pipeline from Kafka to BI

This article details the end-to-end architecture of a real-time data warehouse, covering data ingestion via CDC and Kafka, stream processing challenges like deduplication and event-time handling, layered modeling (ODS/DWD/DWS/ADS), unified metric definitions, and critical production monitoring for latency, lag, data reconciliation, and consistency with offline results.