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Business Intelligence Guidebook
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Business Intelligence Guidebook

by Rick Sherman
November 2014
Beginner to intermediate
550 pages
17h 52m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
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Chapter 10

Business Intelligence Dimensional Modeling

Abstract

Dimensional modeling is best suited for business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing. It depicts business processes throughout an enterprise and organizes that data and its structure in a logical way. The purpose of dimensional modeling is to enable BI reporting, query, and analysis. The aspects of BI dimensional modeling include: hierarchies, slowly changing dimensions, rapidly changing dimensions, causal dimensions, multivalue dimensions, and junk dimensions. This chapter takes a closer look at concepts such as value band reporting, heterogeneous products, and hot swappable dimensions. The goal is to arm you with a strong understanding of how to develop a dimensional model and how ...

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