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Header and line item data source mismatch

I'm working with a star schema for a data warehouse and I am running into a problem with header and line items from different data sources. CREATE TABLE DataSourceAHeader ( OrderId INT NOT NULL ...
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Conceptual Design of a data warehouse (declaring the grain)

I am trying to design a data warehouse using this example scrubbed data. I need to declare the "grain". I know its the lowest level of detail in the fact table, but I am having a hard time determining ...
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Data warehouse support tickets

I'm starting to design a data warehouse for a company. The first questions we're trying to resolve are regarding their support ticketing system. My initial schema is as follows Now one of the ...
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Does surrogate key assignment for a fact table require that the source data has natural keys?

Let's say I have a simple OLTP database with orders, products, and customers: And from it, I am building a data mart with an orders fact table, product dimension, customer dimension, and date ...
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How do you roll up header-level values on a fact table with line-item granularity?

From what I've read, the recommended granularity for a fact table based on an order header / line item structure is at the line item level. In the process, any additive values that apply only to the ...
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Design of fact table(s) and dimensions tables for data warehouse

Hi i'm newbie in Datawarehousing, how would you model this in a Data Warehouse: i wish design the Data Warehouse which give the answers of statistics relating to a baseball league For players in ...
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An advice to design a fact table with a scd as a dimension

I have a problem of conception and I would like to get your ideas on how I'll be able to do what I am aiming. My goal is to create a datawarehouse, with three dimensions and one fact table so far. ...