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The Data Warehouse Toolkit. The Definitive Guide to Dimensional Modeling

Updated new edition of Ralph Kimball's groundbreaking book on dimensional modeling for data warehousing and business intelligence! The first edition of Ralph Kimball's The Data Warehouse Toolkit introduced the industry to dimensional modeling, and now his books are considered the most authoritative guides in this space. This new third edition is a complete library of updated dimensional modeling techniques, the most comprehensive collection ever. It covers new and enhanced star schema dimensional modeling patterns, adds two new chapters on ETL techniques, includes new and expanded business matrices for 12 case studies, and more. Authored by Ralph Kimball and Margy Ross, known worldwide as educators, consultants, and influential thought leaders in data warehousing and business intelligence Begins with fundamental design recommendations and progresses through increasingly complex scenarios Presents unique modeling techniques for business applications such as inventory management, procurement, invoicing, accounting, customer relationship management, big data analytics, and more Draws real-world case studies from a variety of industries, including retail sales, financial services, telecommunications, education, health care, insurance, e-commerce, and more Design dimensional databases that are easy to understand and provide fast query response with The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Definitive Guide to Dimensional Modeling, 3rd Edition.

Издательство: "John Wiley&Sons Limited"

ISBN: 9781118530771

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Ralph Kimball

Ralph Kimball is an author on the subject of data warehousing and business intelligence.He is widely regarded as the 'Guru' of Data Warehousing and is known for long-term convictions that data warehouses must be designed to be understandable and fast. His methodology, also known as dimensional modeling or the Kimball methodology, has become the de facto standard in the area of Decision support.

He writes the "Data Warehouse Designer" column for Intelligent Enterprise magazine and is the author of the best-selling books "The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit" and "The Data Warehouse Toolkit", published by Wiley and Sons. He is listed in the Database Hall of Fame.

Career

After receiving a Ph.D. in 1972 from Stanford University in electrical engineering (specializing in man-machine systems), Ralph joined the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). At PARC Ralph participated in development of the Xerox Star Workstation, the first commercial product to use mice, icons and windows.

Kimball then became vice president of applications at Metaphor Computer Systems, a decision support software and services provider. He developed the Capsule Facility in 1982. The Capsule was a graphical programming technique which connected icons together in a logical flow, allowing a very visual style of programming for non-programmers. The Capsule was used to build reporting and analysis applications at Metaphor.

Kimball founded Red Brick Systems in 1986, serving as CEO until 1992. Red Brick Systems was acquired by Informix, which is now owned by IBM [ [http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/redbrick/ IBM Red Brick Warehouse] ] . Red Brick was known for its relational database optimized for data warehousing.

Ralph Kimball Associates incorporated in 1992 to provide data warehouse consulting and education.

The Kimball Group formalized existing long-term relationships between Ralph Kimball Associates, DecisionWorks Consulting, and InfoDynamics LLC.

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External links

* [http://www.kimballgroup.com/ Kimball Group]

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