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Fact table

In data warehousing, a fact table consists of the measurements, metrics or facts of a business process. It is located at the center of a star schema or a snowflake schema surrounded by dimension tables. Where multiple fact tables are used, these are arranged as a fact constellation schema. A fact table typically has two types of columns: those that…

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Raw factsAggregationsTime seriesDimensionsSurrogate keys
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Measure types

Junction tablesTimestamps
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Types of fact tables

Temporal database
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Overview

Data warehousingFactsBusiness processStar schemaSnowflake schema
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Fact table

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples10
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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Fact table

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related to Example · 6
Fact table → Feb-2005, If, Jan-2005, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Store, New York
related to Measure types · 3
Fact table → Additive, Non-additive, Semi-additive
related to Types of fact tables · 1
Fact table → There

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Important terminology

fact table tables facts dimensions store grain dimension measures additive data across contain foreign defined types sales might product stored

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Fact tablerelated to ExampleIf0.60section
Fact tablerelated to ExampleNew York0.60section
Fact tablerelated to ExampleJan-20050.60section
Fact tablerelated to ExampleLos Angeles0.60section
Fact tablerelated to ExampleLos Angeles Store0.60section
Fact tablerelated to ExampleFeb-20050.60section
Fact tablerelated to Measure typesAdditive0.60section
Fact tablerelated to Measure typesNon-additive0.60section
Fact tablerelated to Measure typesSemi-additive0.60section
Fact tablerelated to Types of fact tablesThere0.60section

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