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Data warehouse schema design - dimensional modeling and star schema

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Introduction to data warehouse schema design: In this talk, I walk through the basics of dimensional design using the kimball group approach.

Amongst other things, I cover:

  • OLAP systems vs OLTP systems
  • Third normal form of operational DB
  • What is a dimension
  • What is a fact
  • Star schema
  • Dimension grain
  • Surrogate keys
  • Slowly changing dimensions

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