Fact Table

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6. Describe the following types of facts (measures) and, for each, describe a scenario that illustrates the use of each fact type. a. Additive. - The additive measurement can be summed across any of the dimensions that relate to the fact table. This type of fact is good for calculating the figures across the dimension. For example, sales figures of year 2014 can be summed across all quarters of years 2014. b. Semi-Additive -The semi- additive measurement can be summed across some of the dimensions, but not all dimensions. This type of fact is good for data that cannot be summed over time. For instance, total number of students on Monday is 60, the total number of students on Tuesday is 30 and the total number of students on Wednesday is …show more content…

It allows the users to take a slice of data from anywhere in the database. This dimensional modeling provides faster data retrieval and better understandability. Data is stored in two types of tables, fact and dimension tables. The fact table contains the measurements of business. The dimension table contains the context of measurements. The key differences between dimensional data warehouse design and operational database design are: First, the purpose of operational database design is for data storing while the purpose of dimensional data warehouse design is for data analysis and reporting. Second, in the operational database design, the tables and joins tend to be complex since they are normalized for RDMS while in the data warehouse design, the tables and joins tend to be simple since they are deformalized for quickly retrieving data. 8. Consider the operational data and the data warehouse data shown below. Do you see any issue(s) with the fact table rows in the data warehouse Sales fact table If so, how would you correct it/them? Show the fact table as it should be including any corrected data. ? (Do not consider corrections to the operational data or

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