Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Simplified

This book targets business and IT professionals who need an introduction to business intelligence and data warehousing fundamentals through a simple question / answer format. Organized into 30 chapters, each on a different topic, the book contains approximately 500 questions with answers and tips. Topics include evolution and fundamentals, characteristics and process, architecture and objects, metadata, data conversion, ETL, data storage, infrastructure, data access, data marts, implementation approaches, planning, design, Inmon vs. Kimball, multi-dimensionality, OLAP, facts and dimensions, common mistakes and tips, etc. The book can also be used as a supplemental textbook, for various data warehousing/business intelligence courses. ABOUT THE AUTHOR A. Khan, who has over a dozen books to his credit, has consulted for major corporations on data warehousing and business intelligence). He has taught several university courses and currently teaches the business intelligence course at University of California, Santa Cruz. Mr. Khan has a graduate degree in chemical engineering as well as an MBA.