Re: Star Schema -Datawarehousing
From: David Whitmore <c4david_at_flash.net>
Date: 2000/09/21
Message-ID: <39C97FD8.8235E6F7_at_flash.net>#1/1
Date: 2000/09/21
Message-ID: <39C97FD8.8235E6F7_at_flash.net>#1/1
Joe, try referencing the two tables by using an employee number as the
foreign key in those tables.
David Whitmore
Joe Bala wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We're trying to design a star schema with a fact table and
> dimensions. We have employee fact table and we have a list of the the
> employees interests. If we include interests as a dimension we have
> two many combinations (there are 8 interests and therfore 2^8
> combinations of interests). So another idea was to include the
> interests as part of the fact table (measures).. but I don't think it's
> a good idea to hardcode interests in the fact table.
>
> thx,
>
> j
>
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