I've been a good data warehouse manager, Santa

Dear Santa,

I've been a very good data warehouse manager all year long. I've been nice to everyone -- even business users. I've kept up with the industry by reading articles and analyst opinions. I have also tried to follow all the best practices that are recommended in these articles and opinions. But I feel like the business users just don't appreciate what we are doing to get them a "single version of the truth."

Could you

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use your holiday magic to help out with this wish list? (Remember I was nice to the business users this year!) All I want for Christmas is:

Thank you, Santa!

PS: I left cookies and milk Bailey's Irish Cream on the side of the fireplace.

P.S.S. Would you make sure my BI and ETL vendors don't get bought out by someone this year? I can't handle looking at another multi-year product roadmap.

About the author
Rick Sherman has more than 18 years of business intelligence and data warehousing experience, having worked on more than 50 implementations as an independent consultant and as a director/practice leader at a Big Five accounting firm. He founded Athena IT Solutions, a Stow, Mass.-based business intelligence consulting firm. Send Rick an email.

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