The Data Warehouse Toolkit, Second Edition: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling
by Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross

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.

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:

Retail sales and e-commerce

Inventory management

Procurement

Order management

Customer relationship management (CRM)

Human resources management

Accounting

Financial services

Telecommunications and utilities

Education

Transportation

Health care and insurance

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.

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Publisher: Wiley
Page Count (est.): 436
ISBN10: 0471200247
ISBN13: 9780471200246
Cover: Paperback
Pub Date: 4/11/2002