Comments on: Aggregate Facts and Dimensions http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2008/07/30/aggregate-facts-and-dimensions/ Supporting decisions through sound data management Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:10:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: biotee http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2008/07/30/aggregate-facts-and-dimensions/comment-page-1/#comment-18322 biotee Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:18:45 +0000 http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2008/07/30/aggregate-facts-and-dimensions/#comment-18322 Terrific! Terrific!

]]> By: mark http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2008/07/30/aggregate-facts-and-dimensions/comment-page-1/#comment-13828 mark Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:58:36 +0000 http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2008/07/30/aggregate-facts-and-dimensions/#comment-13828 Todd; When joining fact tables for robust reports, one can always use conformed dimensions as the entry point. I want to join multiple fact tables instead by a degenerate key (i.e., policy #, invoice #, etc). The alternative to the DD is to create a transactional dimension, which I am reluctant to do since it could become as large as a fact table... Your thoughts? Any examples of the join? Thanks. Todd;

When joining fact tables for robust reports, one can always use conformed dimensions as the entry point. I want to join multiple fact tables instead by a degenerate key (i.e., policy #, invoice #, etc). The alternative to the DD is to create a transactional dimension, which I am reluctant to do since it could become as large as a fact table… Your thoughts? Any examples of the join?

Thanks.

]]> By: ETL Subsystem 19: Aggregate Builder « Tod means Fox http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2008/07/30/aggregate-facts-and-dimensions/comment-page-1/#comment-13333 ETL Subsystem 19: Aggregate Builder « Tod means Fox Thu, 21 May 2009 18:41:14 +0000 http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2008/07/30/aggregate-facts-and-dimensions/#comment-13333 [...] spent the last two posts describing aggregate facts and dimensions and explaining the differences between aggregates and summaries. I wanted to do that in a separate [...] [...] spent the last two posts describing aggregate facts and dimensions and explaining the differences between aggregates and summaries. I wanted to do that in a separate [...]

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