Re: looking for reading recommendations

From: EscVector <Junk_at_webthere.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:26:19 -0000
Message-ID: <1185283579.990998.75460@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>

On Jul 23, 12:06 pm, EdStevens <quetico_..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> New project, and I need to come up to speed on 'dimensional modeling'
> and COGNOS. I know these aren't Oracle specific issues, but I figure
> several people here have enough experience in these areas to recommend
> some books.
>
> Thanks.

he Data Warehouse Toolkit, 2nd Edition

Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross
http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0471200247

What part of Cognos do you need to know; How to build cubes, dashboards?
I'd start by reading the Cognos manuals.

Here's one of the best books I've seen on modeling... Old but good. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=SERIES9818.176921&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&CFID=://www.google.com/search?q=1-55860-294-1&CFTOKEN=www.google.com/search?q=1-55860-294-1 Received on Tue Jul 24 2007 - 08:26:19 CDT