Kimball Group: Data Warehouse Training: Books

Books: Tools and Utilities
The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit: With SQL Server 2005 and the Microsoft Business Intelligence Toolset

Chapter 1—Defining Business Requirements

Additional Interview Summaries—These are abbreviated summaries that will give you an idea of the kinds of analytic themes you might hear from different parts of the organization. (Updated 17 Oct 2006)		[DOWNLOAD]
Adventure Works analytic themes list—This list includes all the themes identified in the interview summaries listed above and in the book. Try and create your own list first, then look at this one to see how you did. (Updated 17 Oct 2006)		[DOWNLOAD]

Chapter 2—Designing the Business Process Dimensional Model

Dimensional modeling spreadsheet—This Excel spreadsheet (zipped) contains the annotated data model for the MDWT_AdventureWorksDW database used throughout the book. It also contains a macro for generating a basic database CREATE script. The zip file also includes a blank version of the spreadsheet so you can use it to create your own logical and physical data models. (Updated 16 Jun 2008)		[DOWNLOAD]
Data profiling reports—This Reporting Services project is a simple example of a data profiling tool. Version 2 is a stand-alone report set and includes a few bug fixes. We are keeping the original version available, but requires the installation of two stored procedures in the target database. (Updated 25 April 2008)		[DOWNLOAD]
Naming conventions—Many universities make their internal information available on the internet. You can search for current examples like this one from Indiana University. Stanford University was kind enough to give us permission to make a draft set of their data model and DBA naming standards available as well. (Added 18 Apr 2006)

Chapter 4—Setup and Physical Design

Table partitioning script—This SQL script illustrates how to partition a table. It also shows how to create a pseudo-partition table, populate it with data (presumably using fast load techniques), and swap it into the partitioned table.		[DOWNLOAD]
Dimensional modeling spreadsheet—This is the same Excel spreadsheet we described earlier, in Chapter 2. (Updated 16 Jun 2008)		[DOWNLOAD]
Database create script—This SQL script is exactly the script generated by the Excel spreadsheet. If for some reason you can't run the Excel macro, here's what it generates. (Added 08 Jun 2006)		[DOWNLOAD]

Chapter 5—Designing the ETL System

High level ETL system design diagram—This Visio diagram illustrates the ETL process for the MDWT_AdventureWorksDW database. We've also copied the content as .gif files, in case you don't have Visio installed.		[DOWNLOAD]
The Dimension Master package that we described in Chapter 5 is available under the Chapter 6 content described below. It's part of the Integration Services solution for historical loading.

Chapter 6—Developing the ETL System

Integration Services solution for historical loading of the MDWT_AdventureWorksDW database. For best results, unzip to the c:\MDWT_Projects folder. You can find a ReadMe document here. (Updated 09 Jun 2006)		[DOWNLOAD]
Sample package for custom SCD handling. This package computes checksums on the SCD1 and SCD2 attributes, and uses those checksums in a Script transform to perform the SCD handling. Please install the Checksum SSIS transform, available from www.sqlis.com, before you look at this package.		[DOWNLOAD]
Breakpoint in ScriptTask package shows the Script Task. We show a breakpoint inside the script, and also how to use and reference package variables inside the script. The script itself is very simple.		[DOWNLOAD]

Chapter 9—Building the BI App in Reporting Services

Instructions for creating an SSIS to RS Link. On pages 415-416 we describe a way to invoke Reporting Services from and Integration Services package. The idea is to have the ETL package automatically start a set of reports as soon as the ETL job is finished. This zip file has more detailed instructions and an example SSIS/RS solution. It is not for the faint at heart. You need to be competent with SSIS, RS, and the relational database to make this work.

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Chapter 13—Metadata Plan

Metadata database create and load scripts—These scripts create a metadata database and populate it based on the extended property values generated from the modeling spreadsheet described in Chapter 2. We've also included the modeling spreadsheet that generated the database create script in case you want to modify the metadata data model. (Updated 16 Aug 2006)		[DOWNLOAD]
Reporting package—This is a set of Reporting Services reports that run against the metadata tables described in Chapter 13. You can create these metadata tables using the scripts in the previous bullet. (Updated 16 Aug 2006)		[DOWNLOAD]

Examples not described in the book

Integration Services solution for historical loading of the AW_Orders database. This solution was described in talks that Joy gave at TechEd2006 and on a webcast on 7/11/2006. For best results, unzip to the c:\MDWT_Projects folder. You can find a ReadMe document here. You can view the webcast at Microsoft's TechNet. (Updated 15 Jul 2006)		[DOWNLOAD]
Data Mining solution to create a simple cross-sell product recommendation model. This solution was described in webcast that Warren gave on 7/17/2006. You can find a ReadMe document here. You can view the webcast at Microsoft's TechNet. (Updated 17 Jul 2006)		[DOWNLOAD]

Date Dimension Resources

Date table auto-gen—This Word 2003 document is a set of instructions that guide you through using Analysis Services to auto-generate a fully populated relational Date dimension. OK, "auto" might be a bit generous, but it is easier than creating the table from scratch. (Added 05Sep2007)		[DOWNLOAD]
This zipped spreadsheet from the original Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit book generates a set of SQL insert statements: Date_Dimension Spreadsheet (Added 26Nov2007)		[DOWNLOAD]
Intelligent reader, Don McMunn, maintains a data dimension kit.