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Chapter  1 - Defining Business Requirements

• Additional Interview Summaries - These are abbreviated summaries that will give you an idea of the kinds of analytic themes you might hear from different parts of the organization. (Updated 17Oct2006)
• Adventure Works analytic themes list - This list includes all the themes identified in the interview summaries listed above and in the book.  Try and create your own list first, then look at this one to see how you did.  (Updated 17Oct2006)

Chapter  2 - Designing the Business Process Dimensional Model

• Dimensional modeling spreadsheet - This Excel spreadsheet (zipped) contains the annotated data model for the MDWT_AdventureWorksDW database used throughout the book.  The zip file now includes an updated MDWT AW2008 model based on SQL Server 2008 and a blank version of the spreadsheet so you can use it to create your own logical and physical data models.  The spreadsheet contains a macro for generating a basic database CREATE script that you can use to instantiate your model in SQL Server.   (Updated 06Mar2009)
• Data profiling reports - This Reporting Services project is a simple example of a data profiling tool. Version 2 is a stand-alone report set and includes a few bug fixes.   We are keeping the original version available, but requires the installation of two stored procedures in the target database.  (Updated 25April2008)
• Naming conventions - Many universities make their internal information available on the internet. You can search for current examples like this one from Indiana University. Stanford University was kind enough to give us permission to make a draft set of their data model and DBA naming standards available as well. (Added 18Apr2006)

Chapter 4 - Setup and Physical Design

• Table partitioning script - This SQL script illustrates how to partition a table. It also shows how to create a pseudo-partition table, populate it with data (presumably using fast load techniques), and swap it into the partitioned table.
• Dimensional modeling spreadsheet - This is the same Excel spreadsheet we described earlier, in Chapter 2.(Updated 06Mar2009)
• Database create script - This SQL script is exactly the script generated by the Excel spreadsheet. If for some reason you can't run the Excel macro, here's what it generates. (Added 08Jun2006)

Chapter  5 - Designing the ETL System

• High level ETL system design diagram - This Visio diagram illustrates the ETL process for the MDWT_AdventureWorksDW database. We've also copied the content as .gif files, in case you don't have Visio installed.
• The Dimension Master package that we described in Chapter 5 is available under the Chapter 6 content described below. It's part of the Integration Services solution for historical loading.

Chapter  6 - Developing the ETL System

• Integration Services solution for historical loading of the MDWT_AdventureWorksDW database. For best results, unzip to the c:\MDWT_Projects folder. You can find a ReadMe document here. (Updated 09Jun2006)
• Sample package for custom SCD handling. This package computes checksums on the SCD1 and SCD2 attributes, and uses those checksums in a Script transform to perform the SCD handling. Please install the Checksum SSIS transform, available from www.sqlis.com, before you look at this package.
• Breakpoint in ScriptTask package shows the Script Task. We show a breakpoint inside the script, and also how to use and reference package variables inside the script. The script itself is very simple.

Chapter 9 - Building the BI App in Reporting Services

• Instructions for creating an SSIS to RS Link -- On pages 415-416 we describe a way to invoke Reporting Services from and Integration Services package.  The idea is to have the ETL package automatically start a set of reports as soon as the ETL job is finished.  This zip file has more detailed instructions and an example SSIS/RS solution.  It is not for the faint at heart.  You need to be competent with SSIS, RS, and the relational database to make this work.

Chapter 13 - Metadata Plan

• Metadata database create and load scripts -- These scripts create a metadata database and populate it based on the extended property values generated from the modeling spreadsheet described in Chapter 2. We've also included the modeling spreadsheet that generated the database create script in case you want to modify the metadata data model.  (Updated 16Aug2006)
• Reporting package -- This is a set of Reporting Services reports that run against the metadata tables described in Chapter 13.  You can create these metadata tables using the scripts in the previous bullet. (Updated 16Aug2006)

Additional examples not described in the book

• Integration Services solution for historical loading of the AW_Orders database. This solution was described in talks that Joy gave at TechEd2006 and on a webcast on 7/11/2006. For best results, unzip to the c:\MDWT_Projects folder. You can find a ReadMe document here.  You can view the webcast at Microsoft's TechNet.  (Updated 15Jul2006)
• Data Mining solution to create a simple cross-sell product recommendation model. This solution was described in webcast that Warren gave on 7/17/2006. You can find a ReadMe document here.  You can view the webcast at Microsoft's TechNet.  (Updated 17Jul2006) 
• Date Dimension Resources
  - Date table auto-gen - This Word 2003 document is a set of instructions that guide you through using Analysis Services to auto-generate a fully populated relational Date dimension.  OK, "auto" might be a bit generous, but it is easier than creating the table from scratch.  (Added 05Sep2007)
  - This zipped spreadsheet from the original Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit book generates a set of SQL insert statements: Date_Dimension Spreadsheet  (Added 26Nov2007)
  - Intelligent reader, Don McMunn, maintains a date dimension kit.  Check it out at: http://www.ipcdesigns.com/dim_date/index.html 
• Slowly Changing Dimension Management with SQL 2008 MERGE command
  There are two scripts in this zip file.  The first creates a set of tables and populates them with sample data.  The second demonstrates how to use the new MERGE command in SQL Server 2008 to manage Type 1 and Type 2 changes in a dimension table.  These are explained in more detail in Kimball Design Tip #107.    (Added 12Nov2008)