Data Vault 2.0 Modeling
Abstract
This chapter introduces the entities used in Data Vault modeling, including hubs, links and satellites. It shows how to identify business keys in the source extracts and link them to other business keys in the Data Vault using link entities. The chapter also shows how to identify additional attributes in the source extracts and how to model them as satellite entities. The discussion on satellites includes the need to split up satellites based on different aspects, for example by classification or type of data, by rate of change, or by source system. For each entity, common attributes of these entities that should be added when modeling the Data Vault are listed and explained in detail. This includes the ...
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