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Ralph Kimball and other Kimball Group members have written over 120 columns for Intelligent Enterprise Magazine and its predecessor, DBMS Magazine.


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Articles 1999
(All of the following articles are written by Ralph Kimball).

The Perfect Handoff
A recommended interface between the data warehouse and data mining applications
December 21, 1999

The Matrix

A Planning Methodology for the Largest Data Warehouses
December 7, 1999

Working in Web Time
An Architecture for the Webhouse
November 16, 1999

Not So Fast
Designing Profitability Data Marts
October 26, 1999

Remove Security From Your Database Tables
Moving security to the application server and using role driven security
October 5, 1999

Designing the User Interface
Instant performance; expected choices; distractions; streamlined processes; reassurance; trust; problem resolution; communication hooks; localization
September 14, 1999

The Second Revolution of User Interfaces
WYSIWYG becomes IWIN; UI importance; personalization; immediate feedback
August 24, 1999

When a Slowly Changing Dimension Speeds Up
Give your SCDs a rest when a dimension starts changing too rapidly
August 3, 1999

The Data Webhouse Has No Center
Facing the challenges of profoundly distributed data warehouse design
July 13, 1999

Stirring Things Up
Renaming the data warehouse; losing the center; ERP vendors feed the webhouse
June 22, 1999

The Budgeting Chain
Dimensional designs budgets, commitments, and actuals
June 1, 1999

The Market Basket Data Mart
Reorganizing retail data into a dimensional schema for market basket analysis
April 20, 1999

Fundamental Grains
Three basic fact table types: transaction, periodic snapshot, accumulating snapshot
March 30, 1999:

Warehousing Without Borders
International names and addresses
March 9, 1999

What Didn't Happen
How to ask your data warehouse for records that may not be there
February 16, 1999

Clicking With Your Customer
A design for a clickstream data mart in the data webhouse
January 5, 1999

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