On Jul 24, 8:26 am, EscVector <J..._at_webthere.com> wrote:
> 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 Rosshttp://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...
Thanks for the leads. At this point, I don't even know what it is
that I need to know, so am looking for some foundational understanding
of warehouses, cubes, ..... how all this differs from my 'normalized
relational table' view of the world.
Received on Tue Jul 24 2007 - 10:42:26 CDT
