1. There is a physical Machine - known by a number of different names - it also has a unique number.
2. The physical Machine - exists in a physical location - known by a number of different names: for example: city, EM, Melb, East Melb,E Melb
3. The physical machine - has a number of modes of working. Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, Mode4 - and those modes can be categorised as SuperMode1, which cosists of Mode1 and Mode2 and SuperMode 2 which consists of Mode3 and Mode4.
The system I am trying to implement will take values from:
Database1 - this only has the physical location and the superMode and the date and a couple of values.
Database2 - this has the physical Machine, with Mode1, Mode2, Mode3 - and the date and a couple of values.
Spreadsheet 1 - this has location and one mode only and a date and a couple of values.
So do I create a spreadsheet -with all machines, modes, alternative names etc?
Do I create 3 separate spreadsheets - a.machines and all alternative names b. location will all alternative names, c. modes with all althernative names
Tried Trial and error - almost worked.
Looked up incremental loads - that worked well
tried to understand the Date/Data Island - but I think I need to fix the spreadsheet/spreadsheets first.
Ideally I see it as - values from the Databases and spreadsheet - being able to be diced by location, Machine, Mode.
Thank you
Jo
