The Kimball Group Reader: PracticalTools For Data Warehousing And Business Intelligence

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This book is a compendium of the best articles and design tips on data warehouse design and implementation published by the Kimball Group from 1995 to the present day. Approximately half of the articles were written by Ralph Kimball. The remaining articles were written by the other members of the Kimball Group, who are also authors of books in the Wiley Data Warehouse Toolkit series. Over the years, these articles and design tips have generated a very significant market response. The articles get hundreds of page views per day on the Kimball Group web site, and more than 20,000 data warehouse professionals currently subscribe to the Kimball Group design tips. The Kimball Group Reader organized this valuable content into a useful, logical, and easily referenced framework that does not exist online. The authors have completely revised and updated the articles to reflect current practice and terminology. Additionally, each group of articles is introduced with original commentaries that explain their role and context in the overall lifecycle methodology pioneered by the Kimball Group. The Kimball Group Reader provides detailed, technical explanations of how to approach all the major topics when building a data warehouse system. The Reader is not an arm-chair overview of data warehousing; it is a pragmatic, hands-on guide that reflects the latest insights of the Kimball Group.

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Ralph Kimball PhD., is known worldwide as an innovator, writer, educator, speaker and consultant in the field of data warehousing. He is the founder of the Kimball Group (www.kimballgroup.com), which provides data warehouse consulting and education. Margy Ross is President of the Kimball Group. She has focused exclusively on decision support and data warehousing for more than twenty years, specializing in program/project strategy, business requirements analysis, and dimensional modeling. Warren Thornthwaite has been building decision support and data warehousing systems since 1980 and is a member of the Kimball Group. Joy Mundy has focused on data warehousing and business intelligence since the early 1990s, and is a member of the Kimball Group. Bob Becker has worked with business managers and IT professionals to implement large-scale decision support and data warehousing systems since 1990, and is a member of the Kimball Group. Table of Contents Introduction. The Reader at a Glance. Before You Dive In. Project/Program Planning. Requirements Definition. Data Architecture. Dimensional Modeling Fundamentals. Dimensional Modeling Tasks and Responsibilities. Fact Table Core Concepts. Dimension Table Core Concepts. More Dimension Patterns and Case Studies. Back Room ETL and Data Quality. Technical Architecture Considerations. Front Room Business Intelligence Applications. Maintenance and Growth Considerations. Index.