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Mastering Data Warehouse Design
Relational and Dimensional Techniques
von Claudia Imhoff, Nicholas Galemmo und Jonathan G. Geiger* A cutting-edge response to Ralph Kimball's challenge to thedata warehouse community that answers some tough questions aboutthe effectiveness of the relational approach to datawarehousing
* Written by one of the best-known exponents of the Bill Inmonapproach to data warehousing
* Addresses head-on the tough issues raised by Kimball andexplains how to choose the best modeling technique for solvingcommon data warehouse design problems
* Weighs the pros and cons of relational vs. dimensional modelingtechniques
* Focuses on tough modeling problems, including creating andmaintaining keys and modeling calendars, hierarchies, transactions, and data quality
* Written by one of the best-known exponents of the Bill Inmonapproach to data warehousing
* Addresses head-on the tough issues raised by Kimball andexplains how to choose the best modeling technique for solvingcommon data warehouse design problems
* Weighs the pros and cons of relational vs. dimensional modelingtechniques
* Focuses on tough modeling problems, including creating andmaintaining keys and modeling calendars, hierarchies, transactions, and data quality