The document discusses dimensional modeling and partnering with the business community for data warehousing. It emphasizes the need to partner closely with business users to understand their needs and goals in order to build effective data warehouse solutions. It also stresses the importance of communication, collaboration, continually learning new skills and cultivating problem solvers within the IT team to strengthen the partnership between IT and the business.
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IBM will showcase how they are designing an internal Social Business Strategy that will continue to promote workforce collaboration. This strategy does incorporate all internal functions within the organisation, from IT and Business Intelligence to PR & Marketing; and People & Communications.
Cogent Company.Social Business ProcessMarc Hoppers
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Enterprise 2.0 Summit 2013 presentation on Work Ethos and Purpose, as what comes next, after Expertise, and Collaboration. We need the systems to help organizations understand each person's purpose, if we really want to engage employees and gain productivity
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Presentation given by Dr Marie Puybaraud and Hannah Hahn of Global WorkPlace Innovation at Johnson Controls at Workplace Trends 2012 Conference: Wellbeing and Performance, Thursday 25 October 2012, One Bishop's Square, London, E1 6AD
Addressing Today's Challenges in Application DevelopmentMicro Focus
Today’s business climate demands increased agility, adaptive skill sets, and fast-paced innovation in IT. With the introduction of popular trends such as mobile and tablet computing, increased security threats and the growing adoption of Cloud-based services, how do application development teams respond? Can reliable, time-tested, and proven application technologies such as COBOL adapt to meet this changing paradigm and business need? We’ll take a close look in this session at the application development landscape today, the growing technology and process trends, and the outlook for existing business applications and enterprise application development.
Session Description:
Mobile technology and social media are straining the resources of information companies. On top of their regular responsibilities, Editorial is expected to work with a wider range of media types, such as blogs and videos, some of which they have no experience in. Development needs to syndicate content to an array of smartphones and tablets.
This session offers a portfolio approach to creating successful, profitable mobile and social products. It presents frameworks for:
*Evaluating and supplementing existing talent, content and technology,
*Structuring the organization to be responsive and effective,
*Evaluating and funding new business ideas,
*Prioritizing initiatives so that the most promising are not starved of resources and the “”moonshots”" get a fighting chance, and
*Avoiding the pitfalls that arise from “”not knowing what you don’t know.”"
Learning Points:
This session will address key questions and provide actionable solutions for effectively building out your content offerings for smartphones, tablets and social media:
1. Budget – Are there funds available to support a mobile initiative? What is the new product development process? What features, functions and content should be included?
2. Organization – Is the current organizational structure conducive to creating mobile offerings?
3. Publishing – Can I use or augment my existing streams or do I need new ones?
4. Talent – Do I have the talent I need? If not, should I hire or outsource or train?
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Great changes are occurring throughout organizations worldwide. New and rapidly evolving web 2.0 networking technologies promise the next generation advances in information technology and business capabilities. An increase array of multimedia communications technologies such as virtual workspaces, social networking tools, web conferencing applications, text messaging, internet phone services, and as if you are there video meetings are creating new possibilities for organizations to more quickly and effectively connect people.
Three strategic models for social business including the Social Engagement Journey, Relationship Progression and the Social Engagement Matrix. Can be used as either a diagnostic ("Where is our enterprise today?") or a roadmap ("Where does our enterprise want to go in the future?") in creating a social business strategy.
Executing on Social Business Transformation @ TietoTieto Corporation
Quick glance on Tieto's strategy behind the socialization of the digital workspace for Tieto's information workers as well insights into the current state of Tieto's social business functionality.
http://www.tieto.com
Webinar: Social Business and Financial Services, with @DachisGroup @SocialwareDachis Group
Like their peers in retail and media, banks and insurance providers are going through a remarkable transition in how they engage with customers and partners through social channels like Twitter and Facebook.
How are they performing?
In this webinar, we'll dive into the social performance of the financial services industry, including unique challenges related to compliance and privacy.
We'll look at the "Financial Health Index," a data-driven snapshot into the social performance of global financial services brands, first presented In October at Sibos Innotribe in Osaka, the world’s largest financial services conference.
Speakers:
- Michael (MJ) Jones, VP Technology, Dachis Group
- Randy Jacops, VP of Customer Success, SocialWare
For the full replay, see the link below:
http://social.dachisgroup.com/webinar-social-and-financial-services-replay
Enterprise 2.0 Summit 2013 presentation on Work Ethos and Purpose, as what comes next, after Expertise, and Collaboration. We need the systems to help organizations understand each person's purpose, if we really want to engage employees and gain productivity
Latest research from the Global Workplace - The Edge of CollaborationSu Butcher
Presentation given by Dr Marie Puybaraud and Hannah Hahn of Global WorkPlace Innovation at Johnson Controls at Workplace Trends 2012 Conference: Wellbeing and Performance, Thursday 25 October 2012, One Bishop's Square, London, E1 6AD
Addressing Today's Challenges in Application DevelopmentMicro Focus
Today’s business climate demands increased agility, adaptive skill sets, and fast-paced innovation in IT. With the introduction of popular trends such as mobile and tablet computing, increased security threats and the growing adoption of Cloud-based services, how do application development teams respond? Can reliable, time-tested, and proven application technologies such as COBOL adapt to meet this changing paradigm and business need? We’ll take a close look in this session at the application development landscape today, the growing technology and process trends, and the outlook for existing business applications and enterprise application development.
Session Description:
Mobile technology and social media are straining the resources of information companies. On top of their regular responsibilities, Editorial is expected to work with a wider range of media types, such as blogs and videos, some of which they have no experience in. Development needs to syndicate content to an array of smartphones and tablets.
This session offers a portfolio approach to creating successful, profitable mobile and social products. It presents frameworks for:
*Evaluating and supplementing existing talent, content and technology,
*Structuring the organization to be responsive and effective,
*Evaluating and funding new business ideas,
*Prioritizing initiatives so that the most promising are not starved of resources and the “”moonshots”" get a fighting chance, and
*Avoiding the pitfalls that arise from “”not knowing what you don’t know.”"
Learning Points:
This session will address key questions and provide actionable solutions for effectively building out your content offerings for smartphones, tablets and social media:
1. Budget – Are there funds available to support a mobile initiative? What is the new product development process? What features, functions and content should be included?
2. Organization – Is the current organizational structure conducive to creating mobile offerings?
3. Publishing – Can I use or augment my existing streams or do I need new ones?
4. Talent – Do I have the talent I need? If not, should I hire or outsource or train?
Webinar presentation--A Framework for Enterprise Adoption of Virtual Worlds--by Rob Edmonds of Virtual Worlds @ Work, a research initiative of SRI Consulting Business Intelligence (a spin out from SRI International, formerly Stanford Research Institute) in Menlo Park, in Silicon Valley
Great changes are occurring throughout organizations worldwide. New and rapidly evolving web 2.0 networking technologies promise the next generation advances in information technology and business capabilities. An increase array of multimedia communications technologies such as virtual workspaces, social networking tools, web conferencing applications, text messaging, internet phone services, and as if you are there video meetings are creating new possibilities for organizations to more quickly and effectively connect people.
Three strategic models for social business including the Social Engagement Journey, Relationship Progression and the Social Engagement Matrix. Can be used as either a diagnostic ("Where is our enterprise today?") or a roadmap ("Where does our enterprise want to go in the future?") in creating a social business strategy.
Executing on Social Business Transformation @ TietoTieto Corporation
Quick glance on Tieto's strategy behind the socialization of the digital workspace for Tieto's information workers as well insights into the current state of Tieto's social business functionality.
http://www.tieto.com
Webinar: Social Business and Financial Services, with @DachisGroup @SocialwareDachis Group
Like their peers in retail and media, banks and insurance providers are going through a remarkable transition in how they engage with customers and partners through social channels like Twitter and Facebook.
How are they performing?
In this webinar, we'll dive into the social performance of the financial services industry, including unique challenges related to compliance and privacy.
We'll look at the "Financial Health Index," a data-driven snapshot into the social performance of global financial services brands, first presented In October at Sibos Innotribe in Osaka, the world’s largest financial services conference.
Speakers:
- Michael (MJ) Jones, VP Technology, Dachis Group
- Randy Jacops, VP of Customer Success, SocialWare
For the full replay, see the link below:
http://social.dachisgroup.com/webinar-social-and-financial-services-replay
Tietos is mobilizing its workforce to improve information worker productivity and collaboration. This presentation is from the Digital Workplace & Social Collaboration Forum in Stockholm February 1-2 2012.
A talk by Alan Shalloway at the European Lean IT Summit 2012. This talk provides 2 essential meta-patterns of Lean: focus on value and eliminating delays. These can be used to guide the creation of an effective and efficient workflow. It presents four case studies, each building on the concepts of the other, to provide actionable advice for your own implementations.
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Social CRM was just the beginning. Social marketers must evolve beyond reduced call-center volume and engagement to generating revenue and business impact. Come learn how to evolve your company's use of social media from "the social help desk" to a measurable, revenue-generating marketing channel.
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The world of search engine optimization (SEO) is buzzing with discussions after Google confirmed that around 2,500 leaked internal documents related to its Search feature are indeed authentic. The revelation has sparked significant concerns within the SEO community. The leaked documents were initially reported by SEO experts Rand Fishkin and Mike King, igniting widespread analysis and discourse. For More Info:- https://news.arihantwebtech.com/search-disrupted-googles-leaked-documents-rock-the-seo-world/
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1. Dimensional Modeling while Partnering with the Business Community 2/16/2012
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while
Partnering
with the
Business Community
Laura L. Reeves
February, 2012
Agenda
• C
Current d t warehousing climate
t data h i li t
• Partnering with the business
• Focus on the data
The Business Dimensional Model (BDM)
• Putting it all together
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Critical Challenges
• How can you deliver more….
with fewer resources?
• How can you increase the value of what
you deliver?
• What does the changing technology
landscape mean to you?
l d t ?
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Reflection
• How would your business users grade
you?
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Common DW Climate
• DW may fall short of business expectations
Too hard to use
It takes too long to get new reports or add
more data
• Disconnect between IT and the Business
Business Perspective
– IT does not deliver what we need
– Build solutions ourselves
IT Perspective
– Business can’t tell us what they really want
– Build it for them and expect them to use it
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Time to Set A New Direction
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Getting the Right Tools
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What does not change?
People Data
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Partner with the
Business
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Strengthen Your IT Team
• Invest now in your staff
• Practice critical skills
Listening
Writing
Communication
Collaboration
• Some people will thrive, but not everyone
wants to or has aptitude to transition to
this new world.
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Cultivate Problem Solvers
• Provide exposure to new
ideas and approaches
If the only tool you have ever
used is a hammer, then
everything begins to look like a
nail.
• Encourage curiosity
• Reward creativity
• Continue to invest in
learning new technologies
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Invest in Your
IT-
IT-Business Partnership
• Make conscious choices to build
partnership
Start by changing your behavior
• IT needs to take time to learn about the
business
Speak in business terms
Keep technology out of the discussion
• Business needs to actively participate
Learn basics of DW/BI
• Solicit ideas/suggestions from each other
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Understand True
Business Requirements
• Gather broad business requirements
Understand business goals, plans and
challenges
How is success measured?
What information is needed to help make
decisions?
• Actively collaborate
• Detailed specifications will be needed later
to flesh out specific report design,
dashboards, ETL business rules
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Business
Requirements Drive…
• Decisions to jointly scope projects that
deliver business value and are achievable
Business should drive purpose and direction
IT evaluates feasibility and effort
• Work together to determine how
to deliver value today and into the future
Set priorities
Determine return on investment
• Ensure everyone understands why
you are doing this work
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Focus On The Data
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Delivering Data
to the Business
• Must be easy to understand
• Good query performance required
• Dimensional models specifically target these
goals
• Delivered through a variety of technologies
Relational database
– Star or snowflake schemas
Multi-dimensional database
– Cube
Other proprietary databases
– Columnar
– DW appliance
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The Modeling Technique
• The Business Dimensional ModelTM
• Reflect data model visually and Year
in business terms
• Ensures support for various types Quarter
of reporting and analysis
Month
• Independent of technology
p gy
• Ideal training tool for use later DAY
• Manageable approach to complex
environments
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Basics of Dimensions
• Dimensions are major business categories
or groupings to describe business data
• Dimensions contain:
Descriptive elements
Reference data
Attributes, hierarchies, drill paths
• Dimensions are used for:
Selection criteria
Report labels
Pick list via interface
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Date Dimension Example
Multiple
Fiscal Year Hierarchies Calendar
Year
Attributes
Fiscal Calendar
Quarter Quarter
Fiscal Calendar
Month Month
Fiscal
Fi l
Future Week
Week
Attribute
Day of
Holiday Day
Week
Grain for this Dimension
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Complete Dimension
Documentation
ATTRIBUTE NAME BRIEF DESCRIPTION SAMPLE VALUES
Day Calendar day information was reported on. 6/31/2003, 9/1/2003
Holiday This is a future attribute to indicate that this date is considered a U.S. business Memorial Day, President’s Day
day off.
Fiscal Week The week of the fiscal year that the date rolls up to and is used for reporting FY 2003 Week 16
purposes.
Fiscal Month The month of the fiscal year that this date rolls up to and is used for reporting FY 2003-10, FY 2003-11
purposes.
Fiscal Quarter The quarter of the fiscal year that this date rolls up to and is used for reporting FY 2003-Q1, FY 2003-Q2
purposes.
Fiscal Year The year that this date rolls up to based upon the company’s fiscal calendar. FY 2003
Calendar Month The calendar month used for reporting purposes. March 2003, October 2003
Calendar Quarter The calendar quarter used for reporting purposes. CY 2003-Q1, CY 2003-Q2
Calendar Year The calendar year used for reporting purposes. CY 2003
Week The calendar week ending Saturday and is used for reporting purposes. Week Ending 11/21/1998
Day of Week Attribute to indicate the calendar day of week. Wednesday, Saturday
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Basics of Facts
• Facts are the basic business events that
are measured and monitored
• Facts are typically:
‘Amounts’ and ‘Counts’
Defined by more than one dimension
Numeric (frequently, but not always)
• Facts are used as:
Body of reports
Part of calculations
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Sales Fact Group Example
Dimension Name Facts:
Product Outlet
Dollars
D ll
Item Store Units
Price
Cost
Grain for the
Fact Group for Sales
this Dimension
Name of
Fact Group
Promo Date
Promo Day
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Complete Fact Group
Documentation
AGGREGATION
FACT NAME FACT DEFINITION
RULE
Dollars The dollar amount for the Sum
Units Sold.
Units The number of consumer Sum
units sold.
Price The actual price charged for Average
this sale.
Cost The standard price factor for Average
this item sold at this store.
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Dimensional Model -
The Star Schema
Product Dimension Outlet Dimension
PRODUCT KEY STORE KEY
Product Descr Store Name
Size District
Fact Table
Flavor Region
PRODUCT KEY
Package Zone
STORE KEY
PROMO KEY
DATE KEY
Dollars
Promotion Dim. Date Dimension
Units
PROMO KEY DATE KEY
Price
Promo Descr Day
Cost
Deal Weekday
Discount Holiday
Media Fiscal Period
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A BDM
Case Study
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BDM Example:
Period Dimension
Calendar
Fiscal Year
Year
Fiscal Calendar
Quarter Quarter
Fiscal Calendar
Month Month
Fiscal
Week
Week
Day of
Holiday Day
Week
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BDM Example:
Call Center Dimension
Division
Region
Call Center
Open Date
State
Time Call Center
Call Center
Zone City
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BDM Example:
Employee Dimension
Manager
Supervisor
Date of Birth
Educ.
Educ
Level
Employee Hire Date
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BDM Example:
Client Dimension
Corporate
Parent
P t
Client
State
Account Client
Client
Executive City
Program
Program
Type
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BDM Example:
Call Status Dimension
Disposition
Group
Disposition
Type
Disposition
Assigned By
A i dB
Call Disposition
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BDM Example:
Activities Dimension
Task Category
Task
Group
Billable Flag
Task
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BDM Example:
Calls Fact Group
Facts:
Period
# of Calls
Day
Call Minutes
Call
Status Client
Call Program
Disposition
Calls
Call
Center
Call Center
Activities Dimension
does not apply and is not shown Employee
Employee
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Hours Worked Fact Group
Call Status Dimension Facts:
Period
does not apply and is not shown Regular Hours
Day
Overtime Hours
Client
Program
Hours
Worked
Call
Activities Center
Task Call
Center
Employee
Employee
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Using the Model
• What are the total number of hours worked to
date f
d t for people who were hired this year?
l h hi d thi ?
• What are the total number of hours worked by
fiscal year and call center region?
• What are the total calling minutes by call
disposition grouped by category?
• What are the average number of calls for client
“Our Biggest Customer” by fiscal week?
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Integration:
Conformed Dimensions
Call
Status Client
Call Program
Disposition
Hours
Calls Worked
Call
Activities
Center
Call Center Task
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Translating
the BDM
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Implementation of BDM
• Exploit the DB and BI tools
• Technical design driven by tools
BI Tool is the user’s only
perspective of the DW
Database technology helps
determine data structure design
• Every tool has its own unique
requirements, recommendations
and/or preferences
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BDM Example:
Calling Facts Star Schema
Period Table
Client Table
PERIOD KEY
PROGRAM KEY
Day
Program Descr
Day of Week
Program Type
Holidays
Call Center Fact Table Client
Fiscal Week
PERIOD KEY Client City
Fiscal Month
PROGRAM KEY Client State
Fiscal Quarter
CALL DISP. KEY Account Executive
Fiscal Year
EMPLOYEE KEY Corporate Parent
Calendar Month
CALL CENTER KEY
Calendar Quarter Call Status Table
# of Calls
Calendar Year CALL DISP. KEY
Call Minutes Call Center Table
Disposition Descr
Employee Table
E l T bl CALL CENTER KEY
Disposition Type
EMPLOYEE KEY Call Center Name
Disposition Group
Employee Name Call Center City
Hire Date Call Center State
Date Of Birth Time Zone
Educ. Level Open Date
Supervisor Region
Manager Division
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BDM Example:
Hours Worked Star Schema
Period Table Client Table
PERIOD KEY PROGRAM KEY
Day Program Descr
Day of Week Program Type
Holidays Client
Fiscal Week Client City
Hours Worked Fact Table
Fiscal Month Client State
PERIOD KEY
Fiscal Quarter Account Executive
PROGRAM KEY
Fiscal Year Corporate Parent
TASK KEY
Calendar Month
EMPLOYEE KEY Activities Table
Calendar Quarter
CALL CENTER KEY TASK KEY
Calendar Year
Regular Hours Call Center Table Task Descr
Employee Table Overtime Hours CALL CENTER KEY Billable Flag
EMPLOYEE KEY Call Center Name Task Group
Employee Name Call Center City Task Category
Hire Date Call Center State
Date Of Birth Time Zone
Educ. Level Open Date
Supervisor Region
Manager Division
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Too Many or Too Few
Dimensions?
• Practical Guidelines for a single fact table
• Minimum 3 – 4 dimensions
Split dimensions that are too broad
Consider enterprise view, would that split
dimensions apart?
Are there more dimensions that could be
included for user benefit, but not change the
number of rows in the fact table?
b f i th f t t bl ?
• Maximum 20 Dimensions
Are these dimensions really separate?
Walk through logical drill paths
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Characteristics of Today’s
Dimensional Models
• Comprehensive and enterprise
perspective drives expanded scope for
models
• Models often have
25+ fact tables
15 – 30 dimensions
• Keep in mind that not all fact tables use all
of the dimensions
In general each fact group has 5-15
dimensions
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Developing and Expanding
Dimensional Models
• Design broadly
Multiple
M lti l user groups for same data
f d t
Next potential data sources
Enterprise viewpoint
– Plan for conformed dimensions
• Implement in several increments
Don t
Don’t tackle too much at one time
Break into phases
– Each should deliver business value
Review and update the model each time
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More BDM Notation
BDM Advanced Notation
Groups of Future Attributes
• Unclear groups of attributes
Business has not defined these yet
To come from a new operational system
not designed yet
Indicates where these pieces are likely to
fit into the model in the future
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BDM Advanced Notation
Derived Attributes
• Derived Attributes
When there is not a business element with
an identifier at this level
Used to tie together several hierarchies
– Perhaps for junk dimensions
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BDM Advanced Notation
Triggers for Type 2 SCD
• Used to identify those attributes that
MUST result in the creation of a new
version for that row in the dimension
• Helps us determine which attributes can
be type 1 and which trigger type 2
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BDM Notation Summary
Dimension Derived
Attribute
Grain Attribute
Future Anchor
Attribute Attribute
Fact Group
Collection of
Slowly Attributes to be
Changing Attr
Ch i Att Defined in the
Future
1- M Relationship
M-M Relationship
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Putting It All
Together
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Keys to Success
• Dimensional modeling provides
the basic foundation for end user
access and analysis
• Focus on the business requirements and
the business user’s perspective
• Designs should reflect clear business
dimensions and facts
• Resulting table structures will likely be
influenced by technology
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Recommended Reading
Includes
details
about
Business
Dimensional
Modeling
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Recommended Reading
The Data Warehouse
Lifecycle Toolkit
y
Ralph Kimball
Margy Ross
Warren Thornthwaite
Joy Mundy
Bob Becker
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Second Edition
The Data Warehouse Toolkit
Ralph Kimball and Margy Ross
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Second Edition
The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Joy Mundy and Warren Thornthwaite Chris Adamson
John Wiley and Sons, Inc. McGraw Hill
The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit
Ralph Kimball and Joe Caserta
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
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