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Data Modeling Channel

Articles

Culture of Cooperation

Because logical data models are used as a communication tool between the business community and the IT staff, data requirements must be well documented and understood by all involved.

Time and Time Again: Managing Time in Relational Databases, Part 13 - A Roadmap of the Rest of This Series

This article maps out the rest of the series.

Time and Time Again: Managing Time in Relational Databases, Part 11 - Foreign Keys in Version Tables Continued

This article continues the authors' discussion of foreign keys.

Time and Time Again: Managing Time in Relational Databases, Part 12: Foreign Keys in Version Tables

This article completes the discussion of foreign keys in version tables.

Columns

A Statistical Stocking Stuffer for the Holidays

All of you last minute shoppers stumped for presents to geeky BI practitioner loved ones have an answer to your gift-finding dilemma, a great statistics book available for next day delivery.

Broken Shells

Have you ever had to analyze or model a concept in your organization where enough changes could occur to create a completely new concept?

Data Models are Not Database Design

Examine the assumption that a data model can capture all the information about the design of a database.

Null Alternate Key?

The Logical/Physical Challenge in Data Management

Ask the Experts

What are your views on the advantages and/or disadvantages ETL tools and data modeling versus code?

Which would be a better choice of classes for career growth in data warehousing - ETL architecture or dimensional modeling?

What is the difference between ER modeling and OLTP modeling? Is the result of ER modeling and OLTP model the same?

Do you have any specific suggestions about the use of a primary key in fact tables?

What is a junk dimension? Is that similar to a conformed dimension?

White Papers

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Metadata Management for Enterprise Applications

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UML for C#

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Domain-Specific Modeling: 10x Faster than UML

By by James Hammond

Books

Data Mining Cookbook: Modeling Data for Marketing, Risk and Customer Relationship Management

By Olivia Parr Rud

Data Modeler's Workbench: Tools and Techniques for Analysis and Design

By Steve Hoberman

The Data Modeling Handbook: A Best-Practice Approach to Building Quality Data Models

By Michael Reingruber, William W. Gregory




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