The Kimball Group Reader: Relentlessly Practical Tools For Data Warehousing And Business Intelligence, 2Nd Edition

Recognized and respected throughout the world as the most influential leaders in the data warehousing industry, Ralph Kimball and the Kimball Group have written articles covering more than 300 topics that define the field of data warehousing. In this second edition, the Kimball Group have added 65 new design tips to their existing incomparable advice, design tips, and best practices have been gathered in this remarkable collection of articles, which spans more than a decade of data warehousing innovation. This is the final collection of the Kimball Group's knowledge respresenting the state of the art in Data Warehousing as of their retirement from training and writing at the end of 2015.

Each group of articles is introduced with original commentaries that explain their role in the overall lifecycle methodology developed by the Kimball Group. These practical, hands-on articles are fully updated to reflect current practices and terminology and cover the complete lifecycle—including project planning, requirements gathering, dimensional modeling, ETL, and business intelligence and analytics.

This easily referenced collection is nothing less than vital if you are involved with data warehousing or business intelligence in any capacity.

Ralph Kimball, PhD, founded the Kimball Group and is a leading visionary in the data warehousing industry.

Margy Ross, President of the Kimball Group and DecisionWorks Consulting, has focused on DW/BI solutions since 1982.