What is fact table ?

[sarfaraz_sheikh]

Dear ALL,

Can anybody tell me ...What is fact table ???

Sarfaraz

[vinod2086]

To start building our data model, we will load the fact table of our source data files

into QlikView.

A fact table is a table that contains the measurements across which we'll make the

analyses. The fact table is, at the same time, the central part of the data model.

[Anonymous]

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[prma7799]

Check below this might be help you

Re: Dimension,Fact and Link Table

[#5]

According to Wiki.......

In data warehousing, a Fact table consists of the measurements, metrics or facts of a business process. It is located at the center of a star schema or a snowflake schema surrounded by dimension tables

[#6]

Fact Table contains the measurable attribute of the data.It contains measurable data that can be analyzed by Dimension tables. Fact tables contain the foreign keys of the associated Dimension tables.

[#7]

Hi, here's a link  that's suited to your question http://www.learnallbi.com/dimension-and-fact/

[#8]

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refer this link

What is the difference between a fact table and a dimension table ?