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ARTICLES BY THE KIMBALL GROUP
FUNDAMENTALS/FAVORITES Alan Alda's Interviewing Tips for Uncovering Business Requirements Good listening and conversational skills will uncover hidden needs and 'shadow functions.' Fables and Facts Do you know the difference between dimensional modeling truth and fiction? Differences of Opinion The Kimball bus architecture and the Corporate Information Factory: What are the fundamental differences? Data Warehouse Dining Experience Managing a data warehouse is similar to running a restaurant. Fistful of Flaws Use this checklist to review your dimensional models. The Bottom-Up Misnomer Our data-warehousing approach is sometimes referred to as bottom-up, but it's far from it. The Soul of the Data Warehouse, Part 3: Handling Time The data warehouse takes a pledge to preserve history. The Soul of the Data Warehouse, Part Two: Drilling Across Drilling across means asking for the same row headers from another fact table. The Soul of the Data Warehouse, Part One: Drilling Down Drilling down just means "show me more detail". Declaring the Grain It's the most important dimensional design step after identifying data sources. Fact Tables and Dimension Tables The logical foundation of dimensional modeling. Divide and Conquer Build your data warehouse one piece at a time. Two Powerful Ideas The foundations for modern data warehousing. An Engineer's View It's worthwhile to remind ourselves why we build data warehouses the way we do. |
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