#data vault training

Let’s talk about a fairly complex business here where you are tasked with building some analytics. Your client is none other than … Santa Claus! Yes … Really! He runs a fairly complex operation and it’s not going to be that easy. Let’s start with business requirements and scoping. Oh yes, we do this with […]

Yes Batman! He’svulnerable! Batman is one of the most interesting superheroes because unlike spiderman, superman or the hulk; he as NO superpowers. Zilch … Nada … Zero! So, what keeps the guy going? A ton of money? (It helps) Yes, he has a lot of money but he is also at the highest risk of […]

… Upgrade Your Computer? We’re in the technology field! Chance are you like to keep up to date with your hardware and software and perhaps with all the new cool tools as well. (I know this because of people trying to access the Data Vault training from their new iPads and other devices). But, I’m […]

Business rules are an interesting beast and a cause of a lot of confusion in the understanding of how a Data Vault tackles them. The confusion of course arises from the statement: “Push the business rules downstream of the Data Warehouse” The generic term “business rules” has been used to define both business driven business […]

Nowadays, it appears that you can’t hear a news story without a reference to the term “big data”, and it’s especially true with reference to Business Intelligence. It’s getting crazier by the day too. So, to cut through the BS shoved on us by some big marketing (which strangely enough works wonders in our IT […]

I’m sure you’ve heard about the Pareto Principle also known as the 80/20 rule? If you apply it to Data Warehouse builds here’s how the Data Vault has taken advantage of this common anomaly (It’s a bit of the secret sauce that makes the Data Vault Data Warehouse so successful). It’s common knowledge that 80% […]

If you’ve lived in a place where it snows in the winter, you’ll get this. If not, still read it because there’s a very important point. In places with extreme climates – warm hot summers and frigid cold winters, the road infrastructure tends to take a beating because of it being subject to extreme temperatures. […]

Influences of the Data Vault Architecture … At the time Dan invented the DV (1990) the concept of 3NF DWs and Dimensional Modeling were already there. However, these only influenced the modeling aspects of the DV. There’s so much more to the architecture and I’d argue that the methodology is far more important than the […]