Mastering Data Warehouse Design: Relational and Dimensional Techniques

Mastering Data Warehouse Design: Relational and Dimensional Techniques

<ul> <li>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</li> <li>Written by one of the best-known exponents of the Bill Inmon approach to data warehousing</li> <li>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</li> <li>Weighs the pros and cons of relational vs. dimensional modeling techniques</li> <li>Focuses on tough modeling problems, including creating and maintaining keys and modeling calendars, hierarchies, transactions, and data quality</li> </ul>