A Datawarehouse is
based on Fact and Dimension tables. Establishing relationship between
various Fact
table(s) and Dimension tables is called “Data Modeling”.
Fact table contains numeric data that is needed in
reports e.g. revenue, sales
etc Fact table contain information about all dimension table that it is related
to. This
means FACT table has all the Dimension Keys as Foreign Keys.
Data Modeling is of
two types:
1. Star Schema
Design:
Dimension tables
surrounds Fact table. Data is in de-normalized form.
2. Snow Flakes
Schema Design:
sub-dimension table
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