SCD2 Type Change Question

Does a SCD Type 1 Change Response Always Update All Historical Records?

Often when implementing slowly changing dimensions, a particular dimension will have only certain columns that are interesting to view changes over time (Type 2) while the remainder simply need to be updated (Type 1). Given this combination of Type 2 and

Adding new fields to a live system

So, the DW DB is loaded with data of various SCD types. The data is in live use. New requirements arise that require new SCD 2 fields to be added. Backups exist of the source systems. Are there any design tips, experiences that anyone can share on

Handling late changes to Type 2 attributes

Hi. I'm trying to find a good way to handle late changes to Type 2 attributes. Please note that I am not asking about early-arriving facts that could be handled with an inferred dimension member. Rather, I am interested in the situation where the dimensio

SCD2 and RowStartDate, RowEndDate stamping?

When maintaining a SCD2, Kimball recommends that the expiration (expiry) date (aka RowEndDate) of a given row should equal the RowStartDate of the newly inserted row. I'm confused by this idea. For example, if someone's region has changed from

Legal type question - Dispute over 'ownership' of forum?

Hi there, I signed up for and created my forum completely in MY name. I have recently split from my husband who is now stating that he is a half owner of the forum and that he is 'prepared' to be a 'silent' partner in the forum, and if I do not

Montly Snapshot views with transactional Fact table w/SCD2

I am a new at working with Dimensional Database design. I am struggling with something that probley is real easy to do, but just can't find documentation that will explain it. I want to create a monthly snapshot view of my transactional Fact table with

Combination of SCD2, partial snowflake, Effective and end dates in fact table

We are creating dataware housing for multitanant based systems for HR module. Requirement ?Able to report on historical data for any given data time. Active employees headcount till given date. (as of that day) Onhire and termination based on perticula

Require comprehensive test cases for SCD Type2

Hi, I have written the following code in Oracle for SCD Type2. SCD2 table name is employee_tgt and source table is employee_src. It maintains history of column emp_name. The primary key is emp_id and the surrogate key is emp_sk. The load is assumed to run

SSIS SCD Component

We are using (or attempting to use) the Kimball Method SSIS Slowly Changing Dimension Component for SSIS from Todd McDermid (http://kimballscd.codeplex.com/). We have run into a few issues and would appreciate some advice if anyone has used this SSIS

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Easy way to deal with MKV files

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