by Sander Robijns | Jun 21, 2018 | DWH
Based on my previous post, Thomas Frisendal challenged me (and everyone else) on Twitter to do the following: Save a CmapTools concept map as “CXL” (XML) Load it into Neo4j using the APOC library Transform it to a graph metamodel using Cypher Generate Cypher “DDL” The...
by Sander Robijns | Jun 14, 2018 | DWH
As a data modeler I’m always searching for ways to learn more about data modeling. The more I read and learn about it – on top of what I have already learned and used -, the more sense it all makes and the easier it gets. It’s a bit like learning foreign...
by Sander Robijns | Jun 1, 2018 | DWH
In today’s world there seems to be a lot of focus on the technology to handle multi-structured data. And for sure the advances made in technology support various aspects of data management. However this technology is just there to support the higher goals. Schema-less...
by Sander Robijns | May 20, 2018 | DWH
Ronald van Loon has written an interesting article on the 9 Skills You Need to Become a Data Modeler. In this post I want to express my thoughts on that article, because I don’t agree with all the statements made in the article. The good I certainly agree that...
by Sander Robijns | Mar 27, 2018 | DWH
Over the years and especially recently when I check my Twitter or LinkedIn timeline, I see questions like: Is the traditional data warehouse dead? I think it is a non-question, badly formulated and posed in a way that the answer is likely to be no, even without having...
by Sander Robijns | Jan 23, 2018 | DWH
The last and coming weeks are busy times. Apart from my daily work for my client, I’m moving to the Netherlands, both personally and professionally. My company in Belgium will cease to exist by the end of the first quarter 2018, while a Dutch company is being setup as...
