Introduction Data Mesh is one of many current buzzwordy concepts addressing what is often underwhelming perceived value from Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) implementations. Similar current concepts include data fabric, data virtualization, and data marketplace. None of those concepts are mutually exclusive. They all somehow facilitate mapping diverse data from across an enterprise for ready consumption … Continue reading Embedding a Data Vault in a Data Mesh – Part 1 of 5
An MDX Primer
Previously, on The Ghost of MDX ... This post is Part 2 of my prior post, The Ghost of MDX (Multi Dimensional eXpressions), where I discussed the value of pre-aggregated OLAP, such as SQL Server Analysis Services and Kyvos SmartOLAP, in the modern Cloud world. Before continuing, I need to clarify that by "SQL Server … Continue reading An MDX Primer
Map Rock – 10th Anniversary and Some Data Mesh Talk
Squeezing More Value Out of SSAS It's been a bit over ten years since I began software development based on a set of ideas I eventually named Map Rock. Since it was such a big part of my life for a few years, I thought I'd commemorate its 10th anniversary with a blog. That is, … Continue reading Map Rock – 10th Anniversary and Some Data Mesh Talk
The Ghost of MDX
Practically every customer over my 20+ years working with SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) has told me "MDX is hard to learn". As cliche as this is to say, I think the source of difficulty is mostly that the MDX language is misunderstood. I believe that in large part, it's because SQL and MDX are … Continue reading The Ghost of MDX
Data Vault Methodology paired with Domain Driven Design
The Data Vault Methodology is a natural analytics counterpart to Domain Driven Design.
OLAP is Back as Kyvos Insights
In 2013 I wrote a blog titled, Is OLAP Terminally Ill? I used the term "Terminally Ill" because I didn't believe that the strategy of managing pre-aggregations was dead. Temporarily unnecessary, maybe, but not dead. To be clear, by "OLAP" (Online Analytical Processing), I meant in both contexts of the software named SQL Server Analysis … Continue reading OLAP is Back as Kyvos Insights
Protected: Planning a 1-Day Symposium in Boise on the Utilization of Graph-Centric Data Technologies in Business Intelligence
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Levels of Pain – Refining the “Bad” side of the KPI Status
Everything we do towards achieving goals involves costs - sacrifice, investment (a positive way to look at it). We purposefully put things we already have (time, money, our career) to be consumed or at risk in the hope of achieving a goal. For the sake of this short blog, I'll call that investment "pain". I present this blog … Continue reading Levels of Pain – Refining the “Bad” side of the KPI Status
The Magic of the Whole is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts
Prelude If businesses were people, they would lumber about in a vaguely purposeful manner like zombies. That's due to the top-down, military-style hierarchies of modern corporations that result in integration of information only at the top and only to a limited extent below. Imagine Gepetto the CEO (external puppet master) of Pinocchio. Pinocchio is managed through strings from … Continue reading The Magic of the Whole is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts
Micron’s Automata – A Rare Big Thing Out of Boise
Not many huge things come out of Boise and that is the very reason I live here. But something that should disrupt the semiconductor industry (the world in fact) is Micron's Automata. It's been occupying much of my thoughts since it was announced a few weeks ago. The Idaho Statesman's front-page headline today is Big Data, … Continue reading Micron’s Automata – A Rare Big Thing Out of Boise
Soft Coded Logic 