As you may have already learned from my old post or Adam’s or Kalen’s posts, there will be two SQL Rally in North Europe.

In the Stockholm SQL Rally, with my friend Thomas Kejser, I’ll be delivering a pre-con on Data Warehouse Modeling:

Data warehouses play a central role in any BI solution. It's the back end upon which everything in years to come will be created. For this reason, it must be rock solid and yet flexible at the same time. To develop such a data warehouse, you must have a clear idea of its architecture, a thorough understanding of the concepts of Measures and Dimensions, and a proven engineered way to build it so that quality and stability can go hand-in-hand with cost reduction and scalability. In this workshop, Thomas Kejser and Davide Mauri will share all the information they learned since they started working with data warehouses, giving you the guidance and tips you need to start your BI project in the best way possible?avoiding errors, making implementation effective and efficient, paving the way for a winning Agile approach, and helping you define how your team should work so that your BI solution will stand the test of time.

You'll learn:

• Data warehouse architecture and justification
• Agile methodology
• Dimensional modeling, including Kimball vs. Inmon, SCD1/SCD2/SCD3, Junk and Degenerate Dimensions, and Huge Dimensions
• Best practices, naming conventions, and lessons learned
• Loading the data warehouse, including loading Dimensions, loading Facts (Full Load, Incremental Load, Partitioned Load)
• Data warehouses and Big Data (Hadoop)
• Unit testing
• Tracking historical changes and managing large sizes

With all the Self-Service BI hype, Data Warehouse is become more and more central every day, since if everyone will be able to analyze data using self-service tools, it’s better for him/her to rely on correct, uniform and coherent data. Already 50 people registered from the workshop and seats are limited so don’t miss this unique opportunity to attend to this workshop that is really a unique combination of years and years of experience!

http://www.sqlpass.org/sqlrally/2013/nordic/Agenda/PreconferenceSeminars.aspx

See you there!