Books on Data Warehousing and SAP Technologies
Data Warehousing Reference Books
Building the Data Warehouse by William H. Inmon
This book provides an overview of data warehouse architecture.
Building the Operational Data Store by William H. Inmon, Claudia Imhoff, and Greg Battas
This book is known for ODS architecture. Some basic ODS concepts outlined in this book played a major role in defining the ODS architecture in SAP BW 2.0.
Corporate Information Factory by William H. Inmon, Claudia Imhoff, and Ryan Sousa
This is a good book on corporate data warehouse architectures.
Managing the Data Warehouse by William H. Inmon
A good reference book on the issues related to managing data warehouses. It's interesting to note that most of the data warehouse issues described in this book are very well implemented in SAP BW.
The Data Warehouse Toolkit: Practical Techniques for Building Dimensional Data Warehouses by Ralph Kimball
An excellent book on understanding the star schema implementation of an OLAP data warehouse design. This book is a must for SAP BW InfoCube schema designers.
The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit: Expert Methods for Designing, Developing, and Deploying Data Warehouses by Ralph Kimball, Laura Reeves, Margy Ross, and Warren Thornthwaite
This is another must-read book for data warehouse designers.
Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality: Methods for Reducing Costs and Increasing Profits by Larry P. English
Data quality is a major process in the construction and success of a data warehouse. This is a good reference book that describes methods to improve the quality of data warehouse content.
The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
Balance scorecards are much more than simple KPIs. This is a good reference book for understanding the philosophy behind balance scorecards and how companies establish processes to achieve organizational goals such as ROI and customer satisfaction.
Understanding and Implementing Successful Data Marts by Douglas Hackney
The author shares his experiences on how and when to build a successful data mart.
Data Warehouse Performance by William H. Inmon, Ken Rudin, Christopher Buss, and Ryan Sousa
A good book on understanding data warehouse performance issues covering a wide array of topics such as database technologies for very large databases, hardware architectures, storage configurations, and large data warehouse administration.
The Multidimensional Manager, by Richard Connelly, Ph.D., Robin McNeill, and Ronald Mossimann
A good book on understanding multidimensional concepts and how these concepts are applied in real-world business scenarios. This book is free. For a copy, contact Cognos Inc. at www.cognos.com or ask for it at any of their booths at data warehouse conferences.
SAP Reference Books
BASIS Administration for SAP by Johan Marneweck,Robert Parkinson,Kay Tailor,Victor Wood
ALE, EDI, & IDoc Technologies for SAP by Arvind Nagpal
Introduction to ABAP/4 Programming for SAP, Revised and Expanded Edition by Gareth De Bruyn and Robert Lyfareff
Supporting SAP R/3 by Dennis L. Prince
Administering SAP R/3: The HR-Human Resources Module by ASAP World Consultancy
Administering SAP R/3: The FI-Finance Accounting and CO-Control Modules by ASAP World Consultancy
Implementing SAP Sales and Distribution by Glynn Williams and Simon Yates
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EAN: 2147483647
Pages: 174