I had the opportunity to spend a day in a seminar with Ralph Kimball. If you don’t know who that is, he is a guru of data warehousing. If you’re involved in data warehouses, I hope you are at least familiar with his work. Currently in the industry there are two primary, competing warehousing methodologies, i.e. practically religions to some, Kimball vs. Inmon. I think that’s kind of silly. A methodology is like a hammer or a drill; choose the best one for the job. If I absolutely have to pick, I’m in the Kimball camp.

This continues the blog began in Part 1 of A Day with Ralph Kimball.

So, on to the seminar! Please remember that this isn’t what Ralph said as much as it’s my interpretation of what Ralph said. I’m trying to explain what you’ll get from his seminar but it’s through my eyes not yours. That’s why this is not a replacement for his seminar. Hopefully, I will induce you to attend if he makes it to your town. You should go just so that you can tell me where I got it wrong if for nothing else.

When we last saw our intrepid heroes they were devouring their lunch and asking Ralph inane questions.