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Working with Dimensional Data
In the previous chapter, we explored the core principles behind building a data platform from the ground up and implemented them in our reference architecture.
In this chapter, we will learn how to incorporate dimensional data in our data models and utilize it to extend the facts that tell what happens in the business. Dimensional data makes our fact information useful and easy to use for business users.
With the term dimensional data, we are referring to descriptive data that provides human-readable information for an entity, such as the name or country of a customer or account.
We will explore how to create data models to plan our work, and build the dbt models for all layers of the Pragmatic Data Platform
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