Business Intelligence Techniques: A Perspective from ... (ISBN 3540408207)

Great Book!:
I have scoured the internet in search of a concise discussion of accounting data warehouses. This book finally provides some clear guidance. Chapters 3 and 4, in particular, provide the best explanation yet of how accounting data warehouse requirements are different from sales data warehouses. Bravo to this book.

A bit thin...:
This is a collection of academic articles describing various aspects of business intelligence. Allthough the articles are interesting in themselves, the title of the book hints at a more hands-on approach than actually found in the text. Also the Accounting and Finance perspective is marginally represented, with no more than parts of two chapters devoted to the subject. I would say that about 60% of the book is an introduction to the world of business intelligence giving a birds eye view of subjects like ETL, OLAP and datawarehousing. 30% of the book is about more or less related subjects like the business reporting xml schema. Finally about 10% of the book actually handles accounting and finance. I was a bit disappointed.