Textual Facts in the fact table

Textual fact or Junk dimension?

Hello, I have been following the forum for a while now and I must say that many doubts about dimensional modeling have gone thank to you all. However I am facing now the modeling of a cube and I am somewhat stuck on what is the best

Multiple facts in a fact table

One proposed model for our business (wholesale/retail) sales fact is to have every register ring in one fact. This causes refunds, voids, coupons and other 'facts' to be stored in a single fact entity. There is a column type dimension that then tells us

fact table as a dimension

Hi I'm presently modeling a data mart and I would like to use a fact table as a dimension for another fact table. Is it something doable and efficient or is there a better way to do that? if yes should i just create a surrogate key and link both

Fact Table Grain at a Sub-Atomic Level

I'm thumbing through the Design Tips and would love to find some thought given to the statement made in The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling (pg 34): "Preferably you should develop dimensional models for the most

Static Facts on Dimension Table?

I have basic dimensional modeling question. I would like to know if anyone can cite issues with putting a static fact on a dimension table vs. putting it on a fact table. The example I'll use is that of an 'asset' dimension table and a 'month-end'

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

Transactional detail fact table w/complimentary snapshot table. How do the two play together?

Take a detail daily banking transaction table with standard credit and debit level transactions. I want to build the accompanying snapshot that would present the higher level rollups of these lower transactions: There are about 250 daily transaction

Fact table with multiple date ?

Hi, I am modling a fact table for prisoners inscription in order to track historical changes. An admission is the hole stay comprise of one or many inscriptions usually separated by transferts between institutions. In the transactionnal system, it

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

Have You Scrutinized The Facts About Juicing, Healthy Diet, Juicing For Better Health

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How Do I make an Announcement Like Forumotion Does?

http://help.forumotion.com/updates-and-new-features-f1/tuesday-tip-display-your-categories-as-tabs-t66614.htm How Do I make a Page Like that, written with 'Announcement' and all and use it for my forum? I have seen even Webartz doing the same

Regarding Factless Fact Tables

Some time ago I was asked to build the BI platform for a road safety organization. The warehouse was built of three primary fact tables, each with a collection of associated dimensions. I am now trying to branch out into ETL and Warehouse design, and from

10 Random Unknown Facts

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