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fact ,dimension

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2 fact tables are combined by link table.......

but how to combine fact ,dimension table if we have common field?

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how to combine fact ,dimension table if we have no common field?

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how to combine dimension tables?

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Hi,

Link table is used to remove synthetic keys.

And we combine tables using concatenation in case of common fields and forced concatenation in case of uncommon fields.

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Hi,

I suggest concatenate two fact tables to keep simple and associate dimension tables by field.

Example:

Sales:

Employee | Product | Date      | InvoiceID | Amount

1                    a        07/30/2014     1               100

2                    a        07/15/2014     2               130

3                    b        07/21/2014     3                54

Orders:

OrderID | Product | Date           |  Quantity

1               b           06/30/2014          10

2               c           06/03/2014           5

3               a           07/30/2014          30

Concatenate table result:

Fact:

Employee | Product | Date      | InvoiceID | Amount  |  OrderId | Quantity

1                    a        07/30/2014     1               100

2                    a        07/15/2014     2               130

3                    b        07/21/2014     3                54

                      b        06/30/2014                                    1                   10

                      c        06/03/2014                                    2                   5

                      a        07/30/2014                                    3                   30

So if you select Product "a" (Common Dimension Field) you get data for Sales and Orders:

Fact:

Employee | Product | Date      | InvoiceID | Amount  |  OrderId | Quantity

1                    a        07/30/2014     1               100

2                    a        07/15/2014     2               130

                      a        07/30/2014                                    3                   30

Sales = 230

Quantity = 30

Best Regards.