Data Warehouse Toolbox: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling (Second Edition): The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling

Author: Ralph Kimball
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: This book first introduces the basic knowledge, then discusses specific examples one by one, and finally conducts a comprehensive overall analysis, which is very distinctive in terms of content structure. The book covers many industries, but these contents reflect various aspects of data warehousing from different perspectives, making it highly necessary for a complete learning and mastery of data warehousing knowledge. The book primarily introduces basic knowledge of dimensional modeling, and through case studies in retail, inventory, procurement, order management, customer relationship management, accounting, human resources management, financial services, telecommunications and utilities, transportation, education, healthcare, e-commerce, and insurance, it comprehensively, deeply, thoroughly, and specifically introduces the comprehensive technical knowledge of designing and developing data warehouses using dimensional models. At the same time, the book explores the foresighted prospects of the development of data warehouses in the current social and technological context.