A functional data warehouse is vital to an organization's success, but building and maintaining any data warehouse is fraught with managerial and technical pitfalls. Impossible Data Warehouse Situations introduces possible solutions to 91 common crises that confront companies of all types, sizes and structures. Nine leading data warehousing experts provide the thoughtful and detailed guidance corporate executives, IT managers and staff, and end-users need to prevent and survive seemingly impossible situations. This book serves both as a quick reference for resolving specific data warehouse problems and a practical introduction to realities of data warehousing not covered in basic texts.