The data warehouse lifecycle toolkit / Data warehouse lifecycle toolkit : Practical techniques for building data warehouse and business intelligence systems. Ralph Kimball [and others]. - 2nd ed - Indianapolis, Indiana : Indianapolis, Indiana : Indianapolis, Indiana : Wiley Pub, Wiley Pub ; Wiley Pub. ©2008 ; - 1 online resource (xxxiv, 636 pages) : $a : illustrations $b $a : $b

Introducing the Kimball lifecycle -- Launching and managing the project/program -- Collecting the requirements -- Introducing the technical architecture -- Creating the architecture plan and selecting products -- Introducing dimensional modeling -- Designing the dimensional model -- Designing the physical database and planning for performance -- Introducing extract, transformation, and load -- Designing and developing the ETL system -- Introducing business intelligence applications -- Designing and developing business intelligence applications -- Deploying and supporting the DW/BI system -- Expanding the DW/BI system.

'The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit' has become the industry standard for data warehouse design, development, and management. This second edition brings the content up-to-date to reflect the latest set of recommended best practices. Introducing the Kimball lifecycle -- Launching and managing the project/program -- Collecting the requirements -- Introducing the technical architecture -- Creating the architecture plan and selecting products -- Introducing dimensional modeling -- Designing the dimensional model -- Designing the physical database and planning for performance -- Introducing extract, transformation, and load -- Designing and developing the ETL system -- Introducing business intelligence applications -- Designing and developing business intelligence applications -- Deploying and supporting the DW/BI system -- Expanding the DW/BI system

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