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Figure 2-6 Foreign-key relationships
SAP BW provides the option to define a very large dimension as a line item
dimension
. In this case, the corresponding dimension is not stored as a separate
table, but rather it is stored directly in the fact table. This eliminates the
necessary join operation between dimension and fact table during SAP BW
query processing, which can provide improved query performance.
2.6 Dataload into InfoCube
When data is loaded from PSA or ODS into an InfoCube, it must be transformed
from a flat table structure into the extended star schema. Figure 2-7 shows the
steps that are required to transfer a new ...