Keep your friends close, keep your entities closer

Keep Your Friends Close, Keep Your Entities Closer

Entity relationship diagrams: not cool, not modern, still super valuable

Apples, Oranges, and Bananas (Generated by DALL-E)

In its purest form the data warehouse is a mirror. Done right, that mirror reflects the real-world entities and events from your business or domain and articulates them in a smattering of tables, metrics, and dimensions. Done really right — your internal stakeholders and other analysts can navigate that ecosystem without fear of nuance or …

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