December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
1872 pages
153h 31m
English
book
Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed
by Ray Rankins, Paul T. Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
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Limitations of a Relational Database
Even using a tool such as SSAS, you face limitations when dealing with a normalized database. Using a view can often solve (or mask) these issues. In some cases, however, more complicated facts and dimensions might require denormalized tables or a dimensional database in the storage component of the data warehouse to bring information together. Data cleansing and transformation are also major considerations before you attempt to present decision makers with data from OLTP systems.