Mastering Data Warehouse Design : Relational and Dimensional Techniques

Imhoff, Claudia; Galemmo, Nicholas; Geiger, Jonathan G.

ISBN 10: 0471324213 / ISBN 13: 9780471324218

Published by Wiley, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mastering Data Warehouse Design : Relational and Dimensional Techniques
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471324213
• ISBN 13: 9780471324218
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

• A cutting-edge response to Ralph Kimball's challenge to the data warehouse community that answers some tough questions about the effectiveness of the relational approach to data warehousing
• Written by one of the best-known exponents of the Bill Inmon approach to data warehousing
• Addresses head-on the tough issues raised by Kimball and explains how to choose the best modeling technique for solving common data warehouse design problems
• Weighs the pros and cons of relational vs. dimensional modeling techniques
• Focuses on tough modeling problems, including creating and maintaining keys and modeling calendars, hierarchies, transactions, and data quality

About the Author

CLAUDIA IMHOFF (CImhoff@Intelsols.com) is President and Founder of Intelligent Solutions, a leading consultancy on analytic CRM and BI technologies and strategies. She is a popular speaker, an internationally recognized expert, and coauthor of five books.

NICHOLAS GALEMMO (ngalemmo@yahoo.com) was Information Architect at Nestlé USA. He has twenty-seven years' experience as a practitioner and consultant involved in all aspects of application systems design and development. He is currently an independent consultant.

JONATHAN G. GEIGER (JGeiger@IntelSols.com) is Executive Vice President at Intelligent Solutions, Inc. In his thirty years as a practitioner and consultant, he has managed or performed work in virtually every aspect of information management.