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Interleaved within the design and construction phases are the three
tracks along with the definition of the architecture and the
establishment of the infrastructure.
Dealer: Dealer name, city, state, single brand flag, date first operation (2
Time: Date, month, quarter, year, day of week, day of month, season, holiday flag (5
These are the facts that indicate to the users how their
departments are doing in fulfilling their departmental
objectives.
The information package diagrams form the basis for the logical data .4
design for the data warehouse.
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Concept of Keys for Dimension table
Business Keys
Natural keys
Will have a meaning and can be generated out of the data from source
system or can be used as is from source system field
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The criteria for combining the tables into a
dimensional model.
The model should provide the best data access. .1
The whole model must be query-centric. .2
It must be optimized for queries and analyses. .3
The model must show that the dimension tables interact with .4
the fact table.
It should also be structured in such a way that every .5
dimension can interact equally with the fact table.
The model should allow drilling down or rolling up along .6
dimension hierarchies.
Fact Table
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Star Schema Representation
Fact and Dimensions are represented by physical tables in the
data warehouse database.