Re: Star Schema from 'Flattened' CSV

From: Geoff Muldoon <geoff.muldoon_at_trap.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 15:34:32 +1100
Message-ID: <MPG.34669ce73dc0d8409896d9_at_news.albasani.net>


[Quoted] In article <be6b1334-18bd-4639-ad6b-01ae14732861_at_googlegroups.com>, transreductionist_at_gmail.com says...
>
> Not sure what you are suggesting. Is this a correct assessment? I can go one of 2 ways:
>
> 1. Use 2 fact tables with 1 dimension:
> One fact table for vendor 1
> One fact table for vendor 2

No.

[Quoted] dim_product

  • prod_id
  • prod_desc

dim_vendor

  • vend_id
  • vend_name

factless_quote

  • quote_id
  • prod_id
  • vend_id
  • price
  • <date data>

fact_performance

  • quote_id
  • prod_id
  • vend_id
  • price
  • <date data>
  • <volume data>

Jerry: Star-schema models do not usually fully comply with Codd-style normalisation.

Geoff M Received on Fri Nov 03 2017 - 05:34:32 CET

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