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#datavault Models, Business Purpose, Data as an Asset
A short walk through what the Data Vault is really about. I hope you enjoy this lesson. I’ve got plenty of customers achieving / receiving real business value – monetary value, from their Data Vault 2.0 solutions, and yes, they are able to see the data as an asset as a result of this process.
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Joins, Natural Keys, Hashing MPP and #datavault
A walk back through the joins, hashing, Teradata, key selection, and arguments for and against sequence numbers. While this post is specifically related to Teradata, there are some generic statements here that apply to all MPP solutions.
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Maturity, Automation, Data Vault Standards Round 4
An executive viewpoint on why standards matter, and how you can optimize and mature your EDW / BI solution today.
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Data Vault Standards Round 3
Another round in the arguments as to why standards are important. Again, if there is feedback, I welcome it.
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Data Vault and Following Standard
A short look at why the Data Vault standards are the way they are.
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Value of PIT and Bridge Tables in Data Vault 2.0
A quick entry about the value and positioning of PIT and Bridge Tables in virtualizing data marts, providing equal joins against the DV model, and improving join performance against the Data Vault 2.0 solution.
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Updates in Data Vault are DEAD! Finally
A quick/ short entry discussing the end of Load End Dates and Last Seen Dates. Finally, the removal of all UPDATE processes in your EDW / Data vault 2.0
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Reviewing Multi-Active Satellites
A short discussion on what a Multi-Active Satellite is and should be