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Data Warehouse Toolkit : The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling by Ralph Kimball and Margy Ross (2002, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-100471200247

ISBN-139780471200246

eBay Product ID (ePID)1964714

Product Key Features

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameData Warehouse Toolkit : the Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling

SubjectDatabases / Data Warehousing

Publication Year2002

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaComputers

AuthorRalph Kimball, Margy Ross

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight24.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-002284

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"...this is the daddy of data warehousing process books. No other material available so concisely and precisely explains what is required from a data warehousing solution...this is a great book..." ( Enterprise Server Magazine , July 2002)

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal658.4/038/0285574

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments. Introduction. Dimensional Modeling Primer. Retail Sales. Inventory. Procurement. Order Management. Customer Relationship Management. Accounting. Human Resources Management. Financial Services. Telecommunications and Utilities. Transportation. Education. Health Care. Electronic Commerce. Insurance. Building the Data Warehouse. Present Imperatives and Future Outlook. Glossary. Index.

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisRalph Kimball invented a data warehousing technique called ?dimensional modelling? and popularised it in his first Wiley bestseller The Data Warehouse Toolkit. Since then dimensional modelling has become the most widely accepted technique for data warehouse design. Since the first edition, Kimball has improved on his earlier techniques and created many new ones. In this second edition, he provides a comprehensive collection of all of them, from basic to advanced, and strategies for optimising data warehouse design for common business applications. He includes examples for retail sales, inventory management, procurement, orders and invoices, customer relationship management, accounting, financial services, telecommunication and utilities, health care, insurance and more. He also presents unique modelling techniques for e-commerce and shows strategies for optimising performance. A companion Web site provides updates on dimensional modelling techniques, links to related sites and source code where appropriate., The latest edition of the single most authoritative guide on dimensional modeling for data warehousing 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. This book is also available as part of the Kimball's Data Warehouse Toolkit Classics Box Set (ISBN: 9780470479575) with the following 3 books: The Data Warehouse Toolkit, 2nd Edition (9780471200246) The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit, 2nd Edition (9780470149775) The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit (9780764567575), The latest edition of the single most authoritative guide on dimensional modeling for data warehousing! 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.

LC Classification NumberQA76.9.D26K575 2002