Controversies
Here we tackle various topics related to dimensional design that come up with surprising regularity in data warehouse literature, training and marketing information. These are often powerful issues rooted in incomplete or misleading information that ends up influencing decision making. Ultimately only you can decide how to build your data warehouse, but we do want you to build your data warehouse and broader business intelligence system on a sturdy foundation of accurate information.

Fables and Facts about Data Warehousing
Misinformation often comes in the form of a sound bite that sounds plausible, but isn’t based on actuality. Such sound bites unfortunately tend to reverberate without correction, creating more misinformation. While misinformation in any venue is disappointing to us, we are energized to provide you accurate information.

Mastering Data Warehouse Design: Relational and Dimensional Techniques
by Claudia Imhoff, Nicholas Galemmo and Jonathan Geiger (Wiley, 2003).
Learn about Ralph’s “open letter to the data warehousing community” mentioned on the back cover of this book. The full datawarehousing.com list server posting is provided.