The Data Warehouse Toolkit The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling

Author/creator Kimball, Ralph Author
Other author Ross, Margy 1959- Author
Format Electronic
Edition2nd ed.,Revised
Publication InfoWiley [Imprint] Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Description464 p. ill 23.200 x 019.200 cm.
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Summary Annotation The latest edition of the single most authoritative guide on dimensional modeling for data warehousing!<p>Dimensional modeling has become the most widely accepted approach for data warehouse design. Here is a complete library of dimensional modeling techniques-- the most comprehensive collection ever written. Greatly expanded to cover both basic and advanced techniques for optimizing data warehouse design, this second edition to Ralph Kimball's classic guide is more than sixty percent updated.</p><p>The authors begin with fundamental design recommendations and gradually progress step-by-step through increasingly complex scenarios. Clear-cut guidelines for designing dimensional models are illustrated using real-world data warehouse case studies drawn from a variety of business application areas and industries, including:</p><p>* Retail sales and e-commerce</p><p>* Inventory management</p><p>* Procurement</p><p>* Order management</p><p>* Customer relationship management (CRM)</p><p>* Human resources management</p><p>* Accounting</p><p>* Financial services</p><p>* Telecommunications and utilities</p><p>* Education</p><p>* Transportation</p><p>* Health care and insurance</p><p>By the end of the book, you will have mastered the full range of powerful techniques for designing dimensional databases that are easy to understand and provide fast query response. You will also learn how to create an architected framework that integrates the distributed data warehouse using standardized dimensions and facts.</p><p>This book is also available as part of the Kimball's Data Warehouse Toolkit Classics Box Set (ISBN: 9780470479575) with the following 3 books:</p><p>The Data Warehouse Toolkit, 2nd Edition (9780471200246)</p><p>The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit, 2nd Edition (9780470149775)</p><p>The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit (9780764567575)</p>
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LCCN 2002002284
ISBN9780471200246
ISBN0471200247 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780471200246
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