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19 Oct 2015
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SALE: Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler Jump Start

So in honor of the upcoming #OOW15 and User Group Sunday Symposiums, I decided to put my video workshop for #SQLDevModeler on Sale!

Why use #SQLDevModeler?

If you were an Oracle Designer user and are looking for a replacement data modeling tool, or you are using one of the other mainstream, expensive modeling tools and want a more cost effective alternative, then you owe it to yourself to look at Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler (SDDM). Data Modeler has been around for years now and is up to version 4.1. It really is an industrial strength data modeling tool that can be used for any data modeling task you need to tackle. (And it works with MS SQL Server and DB2, not just Oracle.)

#SQLDevModeler is a fully functional tool provided for FREE by Oracle. It has many features built in that can be leveraged to capture the design of an existing (probably undocumented) database and re-engineer it or you can use it to design a new database, even a data warehouse from scratch. There are features to apply standards, and then generate DDL to implement your newly standardized design. You can even use one logical model to develop multiple physical models that can be deployed to different RDBMS. You also have options on the type of notation used in the diagrams (i.e., Barker, IE, etc.).

Workshop? What Workshop?

I’m so glad you asked! 😉

Since there was no one around teaching classes on SDDM, I figured I should build one that would be easily accessible and show you exactly how to use the tool for the most common data modeling tasks.

This workshop will start from a totally blank page and walk you through all the major features and options of the tool to show you how to design build and deploy a database. I provide lots of examples and tips on how to do all this so that you can quickly be productive.

In this workshop, I introduce you to the tool and show you how to use some of the cool features I use almost daily. I provide step-by-step instructions on how to use these features.

In this 4+ hour long workshop you will see:

  • How to create new objects from a blank page
  • How to build a logical ERD (with sub-types!)
  • How to reverse engineer and document existing databases
  • How to reverse engineer logical models from physical
  • How to use the visual view builder
  • How to use the interactive view testing tool
  • How to reconcile a model to the database or the database to a model
  • How to generate DDL for multiple RDBMSs (Not Just Oracle!)
  • How to generate a script to change an existing database

Tips, tricks and features I will demonstrate:

  • Modifying the delivered reporting templates
  • How (and when) to use the abbreviations utility
  • How to use and apply domains
  • How to create and applying object naming templates
  • How to add audit columns to every table
  • How to add custom design rules for model quality checks
  • How to use the built in quality checks
  • How to use the newest find and extract feature to enable updating table and column comments by end users
  • How to generate a simple data dictionary

As an added bonus, in addition to step by step slides, I also give you a live demonstration of important aspects of the tool.

By the end of the workshop you will be able to effectively use Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler for all your data modeling tasks.

So how about a sample?

The platform that we used to deliver the video is pretty darn good, but I figured you might want to see what the content looks like so here are two modules taken right out of the class. The first one talks about using sub views in SDDM, and the 2nd one talks about creating Entities.

Enjoy!

 Subviews

Entities

Sale Coupon!

So ready to sign up?

Great. Go here to get right in!

Normally the price is $1299  (which is MUCH less than you would have to pay me to come to your office and teach you myself), but for a limited time, I am giving a big discount so that even more folks can afford it.

Use coupon code KentSDDM to get $300 off the regular price.

I am sure you will find this a very useful workshop with examples you can use (yes there are a few downloads when you finish the class). The examples alone will save you a bunch of time and money.

But don’t take my word for it:

So sign up today, start watching, then you can ask me questions at #OOW15!

Cheers.

Kent

The Data Warrior

P.S. The sale will not last long, so be sure to jump in now to save $300 while you can. Go on, sign up here (you know you should).

Posted in Data Modeling, Oracle, SQL Developer Data Modeler and tagged , , , , , , , , , ,
09 Jul 2015

You asked for it! #DataVault 2.0 Boot Camp with The #DataWarrior in The Woodlands, Texas

Yes it is on! This is your one chance this year to come to Texas and learned Data Vault

WHEN: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 8:30 AM – Friday, September 18, 2015 at 12:00 PM (CDT)

WHERE: The Woodlands, TX

How Much?

Early Bird Price: If you purchase before August 20, 2015 you get this discounted rate of $2,695.00

Standard Price: $2,895.00

This is a small intimate venue, so the total number of attendees is strictly limited.

Event Details

Data Vault 2.0 Boot Camp & Private Certification, hosted and taught by me, The Data Warrior, in the beautiful Woodlands, Texas! (This is the same class as developed and taught by Dan Linstedt)

THIS IS A 3 DAY COURSE. The morning of the 4th day (Friday) will be offered as a 2 hour exam time for those that wish to stay and take the exam. Everyone will have the opportunity to study for a week (instead of taking it the morning of the 18th), and then take the exam on-line.

This class is a 3 day intensive course that covers all aspects of the Data Vault 2.0 System of Business Intelligence. It really teaches you how to be a general practitioner, and enables you to implement Data Vault 2.0 successfully within your organization. CDVP2 (Certified Data Vault 2.0 Practitioner) is available privately for those who complete this course.

Prerequisite: This class will NOT cover DV basics, so you should have Data Vault 1.0 modeling certification or prior DV implementation experience. You should also have read the main Data Vault book – Super Charge Your Data Warehouse.

Here is the agenda for the class:

Day 1:

Business Justification:

– what, why

– where it fits

– who’s using it

Architecture:

– Systems architecture, Loading Architecture,

– managed self service BI (intro)

– where does NoSQL fit?

– integrating with Hadoop

Day 2:

DV2.0 Methodology:

– Agility (SCRUM, PMP, Six Sigma, KPA/KPI), issues, drivers

– team management, project overview

– CMMI & DV2.0 Project

DV2.0 Modeling (review section)

– Basic components, standard structures,

– reference tables

– PIT & Bridge constructs

Day 3:

DV2.0 Implementation

– Set Logic, Performance,

– Data Distribution

– ETL Templates to follow

– Working SQL example code

Review & Q&A

– Open session for questions, answers

– white-boarding

– deep-dive into specific topics

Logistics:

There are many great hotels nearby the event center. Contact me if you need a recommendation.

The event will be held in a state of the art conference room overlooking Lake Woodlands. There are plenty of restaurants and a Whole Foods within easy walking distance for lunch and happy hour (after class of course).

If you are coming from out of town, your best option is to fly into Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). It is an easy 20-30 minute drive up to The Woodlands

So sign up now to reserve your spot via Data Vault 2.0 Boot Camp & Private Certification with The Data Warrior Tickets, The Woodlands | Eventbrite.r

See you soon!

Kent

The Data Warrior

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19 Jun 2015
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Do you want a Data Vault 2.0 Bootcamp in The Woodlands, Texas?

Survey time peeps!

Simple Yes/No question:

Would you like me to hold a DV 2.0 Bootcamp (and private certification) west of the Mississippi?

If I set one up a in “America’s Hometown” (really it is even trademarked), The Woodlands, Texas (20 minutes north of Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport), would you come?

The Woodlands Waterway and our concert venue The Pavillion

The beautiful Woodlands Waterway and our concert venue, The Pavilion. You can take a water taxi to a concert!

Since I am an authorized DV 2.0 Trainer, I figure it is time I actually teach a class. And why not in my hometown in Texas?

So what is in a DV 2.0 Bootcamp class?

Three days of intense training on all things DV (followed by a chance to become a Certified DV 2.0 Practitioner).  NOTE: If you are new to Data Vault, you must read the Super Charge book before attending the class.

This class covers what you need to know as a practitioner in the world of Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence.  This is our foundational course.  This is a 3 day (in person) course that covers end-to-end best practices.  Major topics for this class are:

  • Architecture – Including NoSQL, Big Data, Hybrid Systems and Relational stores
  • Methodology – Including CMMI, Six Sigma, Optimization, Automation, and Generation
  • Implementation – Including Performance and Tuning, Set Logic, ELT vs ETL, Parallelism
  • Modeling – Including replacing of surrogates with Hash Keys, data layout, data co-location

This class takes you through the why/what/how of Data Vault 2.0.  It includes the coverage of the business justifications, then follows with the technical descriptions of the architecture, implementation, methodology, and modeling.  Included in the topics are reaching agility, practicing Six Sigma, measuring and optimizing at CMMI level 5, the KPA’s and KPI’s of Data Warehousing, and more.

We also discuss the use of Hadoop, and NoSQL platforms along side the relational world.  The objective is to enrich your understanding of how and when to apply Big Data Solutions.  The course finishes with descriptions on ETL and ELT design time paradigms, including templates, best practices and working SQL.  This class is a prerequisite for anyone wishing to achieve DV2.0 Certified Practitioner status.

When:

Late summer – early fall (depending on interest) of 2015

Cost:

TBD based on how much the space costs me here!

But will definitely be less than $3,000.

Where:

Someplace nice and central in The Woodlands within walking distance to great food and drink.

Apartments over looking the waterway that flows to Lake Woodlands. A great natural setting. Not the usual suburban wasteland.

Apartments over looking the waterway that flows to Lake Woodlands. A great natural setting. Not the usual suburban wasteland.

So who is in?

Please respond in the comments so I can tell if I should start setting something up.

Thanks.

Kent

The Data Warrior

P.S. Since you know I am into fitness, we have great options here to exercise here too. MIles of running trails and even kayaking on the waterway.

The Riva Boathouse were you can rent single and double kayaks by the hour (look close and you find a picture of my son and & on the sign from when they first opened).

The Riva Boathouse were you can rent single and double kayaks by the hour (look close, when you are here, and you find a picture of my son and & I on the sign from when they first opened).

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04 Mar 2015

End Your Data Modeling Pain

Tired of hand drawn data models, or models drawn in Visio or even PowerPoint?

Still limping along on an old Oracle Designer repository?

Can’t afford the license for your current modeling tool anymore?

Or maybe your shop has no documented data model diagrams at all (horrors!).

Well, if you were an Oracle Designer user and are looking for a replacement data modeling tool, or you are using one of the other mainstream, expensive modeling tools and want a more cost effective alternative, then you owe it to yourself (and your organization) to look at Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler (SDDM). Data Modeler has been around for over five years now and is up to version 4.1. It really is an industrial strength data modeling tool that can be used for any data modeling task you need to tackle.

As I have mentioned before (many times) in this blog, SQL Developer Data Modeler (SDDM) is a fully functional modeling tool provided for FREE by Oracle. It has many features built in that can be leveraged to capture the design of an existing (probably undocumented) database and re-engineer it or you can use it to design a new database, even a data warehouse from scratch. There are features to apply standards, and then generate DDL to implement your newly standardized design. You can even use one logical model to develop multiple physical models that can be deployed to different RDBMS (like Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2). You even have options on the type of notation used in the diagrams (i.e., Barker, IE, etc.).

Unfortunately there are no comprehensive, end-to-end classes that can teach you how to really get started with SDDM and can point you to some of the awesome features and show you how they work.

Not until NOW!

Announcing my new online class: Introduction to Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler.

This course will start from a totally blank page and walk you through all the major features and options of the tool to show you how to design build and deploy a database. I provide lots of examples and tips on how to do all this so that you can quickly be productive (while you watch!).

In this class, I will introduce you to the tool and show you how to use some of the cool features I use almost daily. I will provide step-by-step instructions on how to use these features. The class includes both lectures with screen shots and hands on demos of the tool (recorded live by me). Hint: some of my best tips are in the demos.

In this course you will see:

  • How to create new objects (entities, attributes, relationships) from a blank page
  • How to reverse engineer and document existing databases
  • How to reverse engineer logical models from physical to get a clean ERD
  • How to reconcile an existing data model to the database or the database to a model
  • How to generate a script to change an existing database

Tips, tricks and features I demonstrate include:

  • Modifying the delivered reporting templates
  • How (and when) to use the abbreviations utility
  • How to use and apply domains
  • How to create and applying object naming templates
  • How to add audit columns to every table in a model
  • How to add custom design rules for model quality checks
  • How to use the built in quality checks
  • How to use the newest find and extract feature to enable updating table and column comments by end users
  • How to generate a simple data dictionary

As an added bonus, in addition to step by step slides, and the demos, I have included a zip file with example output, templates, and DDL scripts that I created during the demos. You will be able to download these to your machine to try the exercises yourself.

If you have questions along the way, our modern learning management system (LMS) lets you enter your questions in the course comments whenever you want. I will get an immediate email notification so I can promptly answer your questions.

Unlike typical user group presentations, where I can only scratch the surface or show a few tricks, this course contains over four and a half hours of content broken up into bite-sized modules so you can easily digest the detailed information. If it does not make sense, you can simply play the same segment over again and even follow along on using your own install of SDDM.

By the end of the course you will be able to effectively use Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler for all your data modeling tasks.

So head over to Learn Data Vault and check out the preview video of the class, then sign up and learn. Use my special offer code of GRAZIANO10S to get 10% off.

See you online!

Kent

The Data Warrior

P.S. The current price of the course is the initial sale price. I am not sure when the price will go up but Dan and Sanjay tell me that I set the price too low and they will have to raise it in the near future. So, I would sign up now, before that price goes up.

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12 Jun 2013
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Free Introduction to Data Warehousing the Data Vault Way

My good friend Dan (@dlinstedt) has put together a sweet set of three videos to introduce everyone to the wonderful world of Data Vault.

When you sign up you will get a set of email messages from Dan discussing the Data Vault Approach to data warehousing. You get access to three videos about the architecture, the methodology, and the modeling technique.

Plus you get free downloads of the first few chapters of the data vault book Super Charge Your Data Warehouse.

So if you have always wanted to learn more about Data Vault, but don’t have the budget for a full on class, this offer will get you headed in the right direction.

Head on over to the Learn Data Vault site now. It is all free.

(NB: this is an affiliate link. If you eventually buy the book or some other training off Dan’s site, I will get a small piece of the action. Not enough to retire mind you, but it might buy lunch.)

The videos are pretty cool. Enjoy.

Kent

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