Derived Fact table with additional measures / foreign keys ... ?

Fact table with non-numeric measure

I have a transactional fact table containing results of inspections. The results are non-numeric, but do represent a measurement, that is inspection result (like "pass", "fail", "pass with infraction", "failure with

1 Dimension used multiple times in 1 fact table?

Hello, I have a dimension used to store several types of 'bands' like monthly income bands, available income bands, risk bands, settlement bands etc. If I leave out all the lineage columns this is what the dimension looks like: DimBandID BandType

How many measures in a fact table is acceptable?

Hi, I would like to find out what is the maximum number of measures allowed in a fact table? Thanks

Guidelines for FACT Table Design for High-Transaction Volume and High # of Measures ...

Hi All - This inquiry could actually be two questions, but the requirement is really presentation of row-wise high volume transactional data in a column-wise (columnar) FACT table. Here is a sample transactional data set: Interval Date TimeUni

DATE OR DATE KEYS IN FACT TABLES

I've read different opinions about the usage of dates in fact tables. If a date is NEVER used to filter and only reported, what is the purpose of adding it as a date key instead of a plain date type? Aren't we wasting the resources to get to the date

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

Additional Scrapers

In the initial Gen 2 releases, it was stated that users could contribute additional scrapers. I have an interest in this. Presently, I use XBMC for viewing many podcasts, which the current software can not handle, due mainly to the fact there is no

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

Additional Tweaking for The ROM

Open the Dock Box Go under settings Calibrate Touch Screen Change your Location Change your Time/Date Turn on WiFi Exit Launch Cache Mate for Root Users Pro Configure it and clear out the Root Cache Set that to load and give it

Adding additional profile fields to members list page

I'd like to add an option in the 'users & groups' > 'Profile' section within the admin panel to allow additional profile fields to be added to the memberlist page. Currently, the option to display profile fields is limited to display them

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

100 reasons why Madeleine was not abducted

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