Introduction to Data Warehousing Part 1

In Part 1 of this extensive series, Wes Dumey starts some of the core concepts of data warehousing. In this video he covers what a data warehouse is, why companies use them and what are some of the key components.

More Problems with Data Warehousing

In response to the first part, new author Richard Gardner brings us a few more issues that you should be aware of when planning
your data warehouse.

Mastering Enterprise BI: Time Intelligence Pt. II

BI Architect Bill Pearson continues his introduction to enhanced features in Analysis Services 2005 for Time Intelligence support. In this session, we examine new, wizard-driven features that support the easy addition of Time Intelligence within our cube.

Designing A Data Warehouse: Part 1 Dimension Types

In this first part of a multiple part series, Brian Knight shows the different types of slowly changing dimensions you'll use and the business reason for using each type.

What is a zettabyte?

Problems In Building a Data Warehouse

Building a data warehouse usually isn't a small project, but somehow management sometimes sees it as something that can quickly eb done with a tool or two. Longtime DBA Janet Wong brings us a look at some of the problems you might face when getting ready to embark on this
type of project.

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Using Data Warehouse for CRM

Usually a data warehouse is used for some sort of Business Intelligence system. Data warehousing experts Vincent Rainardi and Amar Gaddam bring us another great article on warehousing with a look at how a warehouse might be used for a CRM system.

What's an allocation unit?

Populating Fact Tables

Part 3 of Vincent Rainardi's data warehousing series looks at some of the situations and challenges of loading a fact table in a data warehouse.