indignatz at 16h45
13
Mar
2009
Non-durable natural keys
Hi all,
I'm having an issue with an employee dimension whereby the typical natural key (employee id) is not durable. That being the case, and not being able to use the name as a natural key, I'm a bit stuck as to what I should use for a business key in this dimension.
One thought I had is to create my own business key and use a mapping table to map it back to the various employee ids associated with an entity, but I'm definitely open to o
Hi all,
I'm having an issue with an employee dimension whereby the typical natural key (employee id) is not durable. That being the case, and not being able to use the name as a natural key, I'm a bit stuck as to what I should use for a business key in this dimension.
One thought I had is to create my own business key and use a mapping table to map it back to the various employee ids associated with an entity, but I'm definitely open to o
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