Ralph Kimball introduced the data warehouse/business intelligence industry to dimensional modeling in 1996 with his seminal book, The Data Warehouse Toolkit. Since then, the Kimball Group has …

Drawn from The Data Warehouse Toolkit, Third Edition (coauthored by Ralph Kimball and Margy Ross, 2013), here are the “official” Kimball dimensional modeling techniques.

While Ralph led the charge, dimensional modeling is appropriate for organizations who embrace the Kimball architecture, as well as those who follow the Corporate Information Factory (CIF) hub-and …

These Kimball core concepts are described on the following links: Glossary of Dimensional Modeling Techniques with “official” Kimball definitions for over 80 dimensional modeling concepts

The four key decisions made during the design of a dimensional model include: Select the business process. Declare the grain. Identify the dimensions. Identify the facts.

Ralph Kimball and Margy Ross co-authored the third edition of Ralph’s classic guide to dimensional modeling. It provides a complete collection of modeling techniques, beginning with fundamentals and …

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May 29, 2009 · A student attending one of Kimball Group’s recent onsite dimensional modeling classes asked me for a list of “Kimball’s Commandments” for dimensional modeling.

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Aug 2, 1997 · Dimensional modeling is the appropriate technique for the overall design of a complete enterprise-level data warehouse. Such a dimensional design consists of families of dimensional …