Building the Snowflake Data Cloud: Monetizing and Democratizing Your Data

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A. CarruthersBuilding the Snowflake Data Cloudhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8593-0_13

13. Data Modeling

Andrew Carruthers¹  

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Birmingham, UK

 

This chapter briefly discusses data modeling, providing an overview of Third Normal Form (3NF), data vault modeling (e.g., Data Vault 2.0), and dimensional modeling techniques. Many books offer complete explanations better suited to dive deep into theory and practice. Instead, I provide an overview of the main data modeling options to both allow identification and inform why certain techniques are preferred at different points in a data lifecycle.

If you are familiar with data modeling, feel free to skip this chapter, ...