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what is fact ,dim and fact table ,dim table?
Hi Suman,
A fact table mostly contains numbers or whatever, the stuff you'd like to calculate, your expressions.
For example your invoices with amount etc
Your invoices table will probably contain a customernumber, but not your customerdata like the customername and address.
Your table with customers contains ways to view your expressions. A view is a dimension.
Your customertable (dimension) contains one customer 'x'.
Your Invoicestable (fact) contains zero, one or more invoices for customer 'x'.
When you create a chart with sum(Amount) per Customer,
sum(Amount) is your expression and Customer is your dimension.
Best datastructure is a starscheme: a facttable (centered) with one or more dimensiontables.
Hi Suman,
A fact table mostly contains numbers or whatever, the stuff you'd like to calculate, your expressions.
For example your invoices with amount etc
Your invoices table will probably contain a customernumber, but not your customerdata like the customername and address.
Your table with customers contains ways to view your expressions. A view is a dimension.
Your customertable (dimension) contains one customer 'x'.
Your Invoicestable (fact) contains zero, one or more invoices for customer 'x'.
When you create a chart with sum(Amount) per Customer,
sum(Amount) is your expression and Customer is your dimension.
Best datastructure is a starscheme: a facttable (centered) with one or more dimensiontables.