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Join Shane Gibson as he chats with Johnny Winter about the core patterns that make up Dimensional (Star Schema) Modeling. You can get in touch with Johnny via LinkedIn or over at https://greyskullanalytics.com/ If you want want to read a summary generated with GenAI, head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/i/171239242/google-notebooklm-briefing   If you want to download the transcript for the podcast, head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/i/171239242/transcript     Listen to more podcasts on applying Agile Data patterns over at https://podcast.agiledata.io/ Read more on the Agile Data Way of Working over at https://AgileDataGuides.com/   If you just want to talk about making magic happen with agile and data you can connect with Shane @shagility on LinkedIn.   Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast  | Amazon Audible | TuneIn | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM | Listen Notes | Podchaser |  Deezer | Podcast Addict |  Buy the Green Book now!   Simply Magical Data Ways of Working

Join Shane Gibson and Nigel Vining as they describe and discuss the AgileData Engineering Pattern for the AgileData Activity Event Tile.   The Activity Event Tile pattern tracks a sequence of events (e.g., subscription signups, subscription payments) for a core business concept by storing minimal event data and using a hydration layer to automatically generate pre-calculated metrics as views. This allows business users and analysts to easily understand business performance and event sequencing without complex SQL, providing immediate, consistent insights into activity movements and financial impacts   An AgileData Engineering Pattern is a repeatable, proven approach for solving a common data engineering challenge in a simple, consistent, and scalable way, designed to reduce rework, speed up delivery, and embed quality by default.   If you want a copy of the pattern template head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/i/170387919/pattern-name Discover more  AgileData Engineering Patterns over at https://agiledata.substack.com/s/agiledata-engineering-patterns   If you just want to talk about making magic happen with agile and data you can connect with Shane @shagility on LinkedIn.   Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast  | Amazon Audible | TuneIn | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM | Listen Notes | Podchaser |  Deezer | Podcast Addict |  Buy the Green Book now!   Simply Magical Data Ways of Working

Join Shane Gibson and Nigel Vining as they describe and discuss the AgileData Engineering Pattern for the AgileData Event Tile.   The Event Tile Data Modeling pattern captures business processes and transactions within AgileData's three-layered data architecture, modeling "who does what" at a specific point in time. It achieves this by storing only a small number of core business keys in insert-only event tables. These event records are then automatically hydrated into a "consume tile" by joining with all relevant detail attributes that were current at the exact moment the event occurred, ensuring an accurate, time-staged narrative. This provides data consumers with a rich, wide, and historically accurate view of events, simplifying the querying of complex historical changes and state transitions.   An AgileData Engineering Pattern is a repeatable, proven approach for solving a common data engineering challenge in a simple, consistent, and scalable way, designed to reduce rework, speed up delivery, and embed quality by default.   If you want a copy of the pattern template head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/i/169697974/pattern-name Discover more  AgileData Engineering Patterns over at https://agiledata.substack.com/s/agiledata-engineering-patterns   If you just want to talk about making magic happen with agile and data you can connect with Shane @shagility on LinkedIn.   Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast  | Amazon Audible | TuneIn | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM | Listen Notes | Podchaser |  Deezer | Podcast Addict |  Buy the Green Book now!   Simply Magical Data Ways of Working

Join Shane Gibson and Nigel Vining as they describe and discuss the AgileData Engineering Pattern of Automated Load Patterns based on Source Data Profiles.   The Automated Load Patterns based on Source Data Profiles pattern automatically profiles incoming data to determine its optimal loading method. It classifies data as either event data (immutable, append-only) or change data (evolving records) by analysing characteristics like unique key volume and column names over time. This automated classification then dictates the load strategy: an efficient partition replace for event data or a cost-effective upsert (end-dating historical records) for change data. This capability removes the manual burden and accelerates data onboarding, providing a trustworthy and efficient process even when the data type is initially unknown.   An AgileData Engineering Pattern is a repeatable, proven approach for solving a common data engineering challenge in a simple, consistent, and scalable way, designed to reduce rework, speed up delivery, and embed quality by default.   If you want a copy of the pattern template head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/i/168912285/pattern-name Discover more  AgileData Engineering Patterns over at https://agiledata.substack.com/s/agiledata-engineering-patterns     If you just want to talk about making magic happen with agile and data you can connect with Shane @shagility on LinkedIn.   Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast  | Amazon Audible | TuneIn | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM | Listen Notes | Podchaser |  Deezer | Podcast Addict |  Buy the Green Book now!   Simply Magical Data Ways of Working

Join Shane Gibson and Nigel Vining as they describe and discuss the AgileData Engineering Pattern of Trust Rules to validate data.   The Trust Rules pattern provides automated data validation to ensure all incoming data is fit for purpose and trustworthy. It bakes in essential checks such as unique business keys and business effective dates, which run automatically upon data load or table refresh. Users can also define custom validation rules for specific columns. Results are collected, persisted, and surfaced via applications or alerts, with the system optimising validation for cost and speed through smart partitioning and clustered columns.   An AgileData Engineering Pattern is a repeatable, proven approach for solving a common data engineering challenge in a simple, consistent, and scalable way, designed to reduce rework, speed up delivery, and embed quality by default.   If you want a copy of the pattern template head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/i/167964917/pattern-name Discover more  AgileData Engineering Patterns over at https://agiledata.substack.com/s/agiledata-engineering-patterns     If you just want to talk about making magic happen with agile and data you can connect with Shane @shagility on LinkedIn.   Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast  | Amazon Audible | TuneIn | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM | Listen Notes | Podchaser |  Deezer | Podcast Addict |  Buy the Green Book now!   Simply Magical Data Ways of Working

Join Shane Gibson and Nigel Vining as they describe and discuss the AgileData Engineering Pattern of Unioning two or more tables together automatically.   The Automated Table Unioning pattern automatically combines two or more tables by intelligently looking up column names and data types to generate safe SQL under the covers. It supports disparate data sources, such as those from multiple publishers in a data clean room, and creates a view or incrementally loads the unified data into a physical table while tracking load watermarks to prevent duplicates.   An AgileData Engineering Pattern is a repeatable, proven approach for solving a common data engineering challenge in a simple, consistent, and scalable way, designed to reduce rework, speed up delivery, and embed quality by default.     If you just want to talk about making magic happen with agile and data you can connect with Shane @shagility on LinkedIn.   Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast  | Amazon Audible | TuneIn | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM | Listen Notes | Podchaser |  Deezer | Podcast Addict |  Buy the Green Book now!   Simply Magical Data Ways of Working

Join Shane Gibson and Nigel Vining as they describe and discuss the AgileData Engineering Pattern of Orchestrating Dynamic Data Flows. The Dynamic Data Flow Orchestration pattern dynamically generates and self-heals data flow manifests (DAGs) at runtime from a central context database, enabling adaptive, cost-effective, and low-latency data processing primarily for micro-batching workloads An AgileData Engineering Pattern is a repeatable, proven approach for solving a common data engineering challenge in a simple, consistent, and scalable way, designed to reduce rework, speed up delivery, and embed quality by default.   If you want a copy of the pattern template head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/i/167144707/pattern-name Discover more  AgileData Engineering Patterns over at https://agiledata.substack.com/s/agiledata-engineering-patterns     If you just want to talk about making magic happen with agile and data you can connect with Shane @shagility on LinkedIn.   Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast  | Amazon Audible | TuneIn | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM | Listen Notes | Podchaser |  Deezer | Podcast Addict |  Buy the Green Book now!   Simply Magical Data Ways of Working

Join Shane Gibson as he chats with Roelant Vos about a number of Data Engine Thinking patterns and his new book Data Engine Thinking. You can get in touch with Roelant via LinkedIn or over at https://roelantvos.com/blog/ Or you can grab a copy of the Data Engine Thinking book on Amazon or at https://dataenginethinking.com/en/ If you want want to read a summary generated with GenAI, head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/i/166295398/google-notebooklm-briefing   If you want to download the transcript for the podcast, head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/i/166295398/transcript     Listen to more podcasts on applying Agile Data patterns over at https://podcast.agiledata.io/ Read more on the Agile Data Way of Working over at https://AgileDataGuides.com/   If you just want to talk about making magic happen with agile and data you can connect with Shane @shagility on LinkedIn.   Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast  | Amazon Audible | TuneIn | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM | Listen Notes | Podchaser |  Deezer | Podcast Addict |  Buy the Green Book now!   Simply Magical Data Ways of Working

Join Shane Gibson as he chats with Chris Gambill about a number of Data Engineering patterns. You can get in touch with Chris via LinkedIn or view his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@GambillDataEngineering If you want want to read a summary generated with GenAI, head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/i/165842333/google-notebooklm-briefing   If you want to download the transcript for the podcast, head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/i/165842333/transcript   Listen to more podcasts on applying Agile Data patterns over at https://podcast.agiledata.io/ Read more on the Agile Data Way of Working over at https://AgileDataGuides.com/   If you just want to talk about making magic happen with agile and data you can connect with Shane @shagility on LinkedIn.   Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast  | Amazon Audible | TuneIn | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM | Listen Notes | Podchaser |  Deezer | Podcast Addict |  Buy the Green Book now!   Simply Magical Data Ways of Working

Join Ramona C Truta as she interviews Shane Gibson about the patterns of writing a data book (and they discuss a whole lot of other data things) You can get in touch with Ramona via LinkedIn or read more on substack https://ramonatruta.substack.com/ Or buy a copy of Shanes book "an Agile Data Guide to Information Product Canvas", and finally fix those data requirement gathering problems. If you want to download the transcript for the podcast, head over to: https://agiledata.io/podcast/agiledata-podcast/the-pattern-of-writing-a-data-book-with-shane-gibson-and-ramona-c-truta/#read   If you want want to read a summary generated with GenAI, head over to: https://agiledata.substack.com/p/the-pattern-of-writing-a-data-book Listen to more podcasts on applying Agile Data patterns over at https://podcast.agiledata.io/ Read more on the Agile Data Way of Working over at https://AgileDataGuides.com/   If you just want to talk about making magic happen with agile and data you can connect with Shane @shagility on LinkedIn.   Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast  | Amazon Audible | TuneIn | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM | Listen Notes | Podchaser |  Deezer | Podcast Addict |  Buy the Green Book now!   Simply Magical Data Ways of Working