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Best way to learn Data Warehousing Concepts?

  • September 18, 2015 at 8:17 am

    #300757

    Hello everyone. I am in need of some advice on how to learn the concepts of data warehousing. My background is in web development, so I am familiar with standard database architecture, but from what I have read so far, data warehousing concepts are a little different. If you could let me know of any websites, books, videos, etc. that you think would point me in the right direction to learn those concepts, I would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help.

  • September 18, 2015 at 8:22 am

    #1827751

    The main or basic book you should read to learn the concepts of data warehousing is: The Data Warehouse Toolkit[/url]

    It's a great book.

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  • September 18, 2015 at 8:38 am

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    Luis Cazares (9/18/2015)

    The main or basic book you should read to learn the concepts of data warehousing is: The Data Warehouse Toolkit[/url]

    It's a great book.

    Good book. There's other books in that series that are worth looking at; basically all books from the Kimball Group related to the Data Warehouse Life Cycle or Toolkit.

    Also, I'd look at the whole Kimball Group website, starting at:

    http://www.kimballgroup.com/

    and:

    http://www.kimballgroup.com/data-warehouse-business-intelligence-resources/kimball-techniques/


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  • September 18, 2015 at 9:06 am

    #1827771

    This post has good suggestions as well: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1718291.aspx

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  • September 18, 2015 at 9:27 am

    #1827778

    This question has been asked several times on this forum. You could do a little searching, too.

  • September 20, 2015 at 3:10 pm

    #1827967

    The Data warehouse toolkit that Louis mentioned is awesome - that has been the best book I have read about the whole data warehouse/BI life cycle. It's a shame that they have not come out with a more current version that is Microsoft specific (still on SQL 2008R2). That said, it's still extremely relevant.

    I just started reading the Star Schema The Complete Reference which is the best book I have seen about dimensional data modeling.

    "I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

    -- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

  • September 21, 2015 at 4:30 pm

    #1828248

    Christopher Adamson's Star Schema: The Complete Reference is really good. It's database agnostic, but he does a really good job of explaining concepts like Slowly Changing Dimensions and how to model them correctly. (I have Kimball's book, too, but I liked the description in Adamson's book better.)

    Then you just have to practice, practice, practice.

  • October 10, 2020 at 6:29 am

    #3795731

    Data Warehouse is a large store of data accumulated from a wide range of sources within a company and used to guide management decisions. It emphasizes the capture of data from diverse sources for access and analysis rather than for transaction processing.

    I know there are many varieties of Data Warehouse Books available in the market for one to learn Data Warehouse for both beginners and advanced learners. But the most popular one or the one that has the largest number of users in my country is The Data Warehouse Toolkit for beginners and advanced learners by a noted Ralph Kimball. We all believe it is the widest used textbook in the world for this purpose.

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