Handling a SCD Type 2 change in a fact

markfranco at 01h07
25
Sep
2010
Handling a SCD Type 2 change in a fact

Hi,

I'm in the process of designing a dimensional model for a product warehouse, and a question I have is about how to handle a change of a Type 2 dimension in a related fact. I am keeping the details of each of our products in a Type 2 dimension (name, price, size, etc with effective start and end dates) and a fact keeps track of each sale we made to our customers in terms of customer_SID, product_SID, time_SID, dollars_sale.
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