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Patrick Cuba author of “The Data Vault Guru”
- Andrew Griffin
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min read
Patrick Cuba on some common misconceptions and mistakes in Data Vault modelling
American author Jodi Picoult once said: “Everyone has a book inside of them – but it doesn't do any good until you pry it out.” So when Patrick Cuba, a consultant in dimensional modelling and integration on the Cloud, found himself between projects in March 2020, he decided to write a book about Data Vault. Having spent the last few years cutting his teeth in using Data Vault 2.0, he came up with ‘The Data Vault Guru – a pragmatic guide in building a data vault,’ which was published some six months later. Patrick shared his thoughts on his motivation for the book at the latest UK Data Vault User Group online meeting, which can be viewed here. Cuba, who has worked as a systems architect on many data platforms in the financial sector over a 20-year period, has always embraced Albert Einstein’s mantra that, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Patrick wanted to use his book as an opportunity to clear up some of the misconceptions that have arisen over the last six or seven years, since Data Vault founder Dan Lindstedt wrote the seminal ‘Building a Scaleable Data Warehouse with Data Vault 2.0’ with Michael Olschimke in 2015. He wanted to highlight common mistakes – and their repercussions – he has seen in different set-ups as well as providing clear explanations about why some Data Vault concepts exist in the first place. Cuba came to the conclusion that Data Vault was the ideal way to map data to the enterprise ontology thanks to the existence of repeatable patterns, after producing a business vault for a client using an SAS database. Having written more than a dozen short technical articles on the subject of Data Vault 2.0, after training with the Data Vault Alliance, writing the book was the next logical step. ‘The Data Vault Guru’ is divided into five parts and Patrick’s presentation moves logically through the different chapters. It certainly proved a thought-provoking presentation and his book, which is available in English via Amazon in a wide number of countries, is sure to become a valuable contribution to the development of Data Vault 2.0 over the coming months and years. To purchase Patrick's book, click your preferred Amazon store. US:
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