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Brilliantly covers the BI development lifecycle. I don't normally enjoy reading technical IT books, but this one was difficult to put down. It covers the whole of the Business Intellegence lifecycle using Microsoft products (namely SQL Server 2005, Inegration Services, Analysis Services and Reporting Services) to build a Kimball Dimensional model data warehouse. The initial chapters cover the design cycle and reinforce the need to drive the data warehouse design from properly researched client requirements. It then goes on to implement the... more info
Covers everything A very well written book covering all of the aspects of designing, building and deploying a datwarehouse using the Microsoft toolset. Some of the sections are a little brief, and I'd reccomend getting supporting material on MDX and Report Services if these technologies are to be used, as the sections in this (admittedly huge) book are a little light. The only thing it doesn't mention are some of the glaring defects in Microsofts product, but we can hardly blame the authors for that !
