Datawarehouse Tutorial
data-warehouse
Solution
There are two primary authors on data warehousing:
- Bill Inmon - who mostly writes about large enterprise data warehouses
- Ralph Kimball - who mostly writes about smaller, departmental data warehouses
It's a good idea to get familiar with the ideas of both.
Data warehousing is a mature and complex field, one that you're unlikely to be very successful with unless you've got a lot of experience in it, or have a very simple project. This can and should deter most people from just jumping into these projects. On the other hand, we're now at a point in IT in which the integration and analytical features of a data warehouse are becoming increasingly demanded by users and customers. So, it's probably a good idea to do an evaluation of what it offers.
Problem
My boss has discovered a new magazine which mentioned data warehousing. Thus I am in search of a good tutorial or book on data warehousing. I will also accept recommendations on ways to stop my boss reading.