Basics

Getting started
 An accurate conceptual design is the fundamental requirement for the construction of a well-documented data mart that completely meets requirements. Us...
Wed, 30 Jun, 2021 at 12:47 PM
Fact schemata
The conceptual representation generated by the DFM consists of a set of fact schemata. Fact schemata basically model facts, measures, dimensions, and hier...
Thu, 1 Jul, 2021 at 12:42 PM
Measures
A measure is a numerical property of a fact and describes a quantitative aspect of a fact that is relevant to analysis. For example, each sale is measu...
Thu, 1 Jul, 2021 at 12:43 PM
Dimensions
A dimension is a fact property with a finite domain and describes an analysis coordinate of the fact. A fact generally has more dimensions that define ...
Thu, 1 Jul, 2021 at 12:43 PM
Dimensional attributes
The term dimensional attributes stands for the dimensions and other possible attributes, always with discrete values, that describe them. Dimensional a...
Fri, 23 Jul, 2021 at 2:48 PM
Hierarchies
A hierarchy is a directed tree whose nodes are dimensional attributes and whose arcs model many-to-one associations between dimensional attribute pairs. ...
Thu, 1 Jul, 2021 at 12:43 PM
Conformed hierarchies
A conformed hierarchy is one that is shared among two or more fact schemata in a data mart or in different data marts. Creating conformed hierarchies i...
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