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Kimball University: Three ETL Compromises to Avoid

March 01, 2010 02:05 PM

Why neglecting slowly changing dimensions, failing to capture metadata and overlooking scope creep can be the undoing of a dimensional data warehousing initiative.

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Kimball University: Six Key Decisions for ETL Architectures

October 09, 2009 05:52 PM

Best-practice advice on software vs. coding, where to integrate, how to capture changed data, when to stage data, where to correct data and what latency levels to shoot for.

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Kimball University: The Subsystems of ETL Revisited

October 21, 2007 05:55 PM

These 34 subsystems cover the crucial extract, transform and load architecture components required in almost every dimensional data warehouse environment. Understanding the breadth of requirements is the first step to putting an effective architecture in place.

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Kimball University: Think Critically When Applying Best Practices

March 26, 2007 12:04 PM

Best practices are precision tools that should be wielded precisely and skillfully. This article describes five best practices drawn from the Kimball Method that often are described incorrectly.

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By The Numbers

Base: 417 respondents at organizations using or planning to deploy data analytics, BI or statistical analysis software
Data: InformationWeek 2013 Analytics, Business Intelligence and Information Management Survey of 541 business technology professionals, October 2012

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Research: The Big Data Management Challenge

The challenge of big data is real, but most organizations don't differentiate 'big data' from traditional data, and nearly 90% of respondents to our survey use conventional databases as the primary means of handling data. We'll help you understand what constitutes big data (it's not just size) and the numerous management challenges it poses.

Lifestream / Bio / Archive

Bob Becker

Articles

Kimball University: Three ETL Compromises to Avoid

Kimball University: Six Key Decisions for ETL Architectures

Kimball University: The Subsystems of ETL Revisited

Kimball University: Think Critically When Applying Best Practices

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By The Numbers

What Do You Think?

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