Dimensional Data Warehousing with MySQL: A Tutorial
by Djoni Darmawikarta
ISBN: 9780975212820
$39.95, 448 pages
by Djoni Darmawikarta
ISBN: 9780975212820
$39.95, 448 pages
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Data warehousing with MySQL, a free and popular database, has never been made easier with this step-by-step tutorial on building dimensional data warehouses. Topics include star-schema modeling, populating (Extract, Transform, and Load: ETL), testing, and dimensional querying. It comes complete with a hands-on case?scaled-down from a real project?as well as an electronic copy of all MySQL scripts and sample data available for download. Computer programmers who need to build a data warehouse will find relevant examples and information written in a thorough, easy-to-follow style.
Table of Contents
Introduction - What This Book Is About and What It Is Not - Who This Book Is For - Prerequisite Skills - What You Will Get from This Book - Chapters Overview - Code Download Part I: Fundamentals Chapter 1: Basic Components - The Star Schema - Surrogate Keys - Tasks - Summary Chapter 2: Dimension History - Slowly Changing Dimension Techniques - Slowly Changing Dimension Type 1 (SCD1) - Slowly Changing Dimension Type 2 (SCD2) - Summary Chapter 3: Measure Additivity - Fully-Additive Measures - Testing Fully-Additivity - Summary Chapter 4: Dimensional Queries - Applying Dimensional Queries - Aggregate Queries - Specific Queries - Inside-Out Queries - Summary Part II: Extract, Transform, and Load Chapter 5: Source Extraction - Whole Source or Change Data Capture (CDC) - Pull by Data or Push by Source - Push-by-source CDC on Sales Orders Extraction - Testing - Summary Chapter 6: Populating the Date Dimension - Pre-population - Testing Pre-Population - One-Date-Every-Day - Loading Dates from the Source - Summary Chapter 7: Initial Population - Source Data - Initial Population Script - Running the Initial Population Script - Summary Chapter 8: Regular Population - Identifying Data Sources and Loading Types - Regular Population Script - Testing Data - Summary Chapter 9: Regular Population Scheduling - Preparing the Batch File - Scheduling the Batch Job - Summary Part III: Growth Chapter 10: Adding Columns - Enhancing the Schema - Revising Regular Population Script - Testing - Summary Chapter 11. On-Demand Population - Enhancing the Schema - Performing On-Demand Population - Testing - Summary Chapter 12: Subset Dimensions - Month Roll-up Dimension - Pennsylvania Customer Dimension - Revising the Regular Population - Testing the Revised Regular Population - Summary - Download ChapterDownload Chapter Chapter 13: Dimension Role Playing - Adding Request Delivery Dates - Table Alias Implementation - Database View - Summary - Download ChapterDownload Chapter Chapter 14: Snapshots - Periodic Snapshots - Accumulating Snapshots - Preparing Data for Regular Population - Summary Chapter 15: Dimension Hierarchies - Hierarchies in A Data Warehouse - Grouping and Drilling Queries - Summary Chapter 16: Multi-Path and Ragged Hierarchies - Adding A Hierarchy - Adding 2006 Data - Hierarchical Queries - Ragged Hierarchies - Summary Chapter 17: Degenerate Dimensions - Degenerating the Order Dimension - Revising the Regular Population Script - Testing the Revised Regular Population Script - Summary Chapter 18: Junk Dimensions - Adding the Sales Order Attribute Junk Dimension - Revising the Regular Population Script - Summary Chapter 19: Multi-Star Schemas - The New Star Schema - Populating the New Star?s Tables - Testing - Summary Part IV: Advanced Techniques Chapter 20: Non-straight Sources - Overview - Revising the Campaign Population Script - Summary Chapter 21: Factless Facts - Product Launch Factless Facts - Revising the DW Regular Population Script - Summary Chapter 22: Late Arrival Facts - Handling Late Arrival Facts - Testing - Summary Chapter 23: Dimension Consolidation - Revising the Data Warehouse Schema - Testing the Zip Code Dimension Implementation - Revising the production_fact Table - Testing the Factory Zip Codes - Revising the Regular Population Script - Testing the Revised Regular Population Script - Revising the Production Regular Population Script - Testing the Revised Production Regular Population Script - Summary Chapter 24: Accumulated Measures - The Revised Schema - Initial Population - Testing the Initial Population Script - Regular Population - Example Queries - Summary Chapter 25: Band Dimensions - Annual Sales Order Star Schema - Initial Population - Revising the Regular Population Script - Testing - Summary Appendix A: Flat File Data Sources