What is considered fact in star schema?
A star schema consists of one fact table, and one or more dimension tables. The fact table contains information about changes. In the most basic kind of fact table, each row represents a transaction.
What is extended star schema in SAP BW?
Extended Star Schema When you load the transactional data into the Info cube, the Dim Id’s are generated based on SID’s and these Dim ids’ are then used in the fact tables. In the extended star schema one fact table can connect to 16 dimension tables and each dimension table is assigned with 248 maximum SID tables.
How many fact tables can be there?
There are four types of fact tables: transaction, periodic snapshot, accumulating snapshot and factless fact tables.
What are dimension and fact tables?
Fact Table vs Dimension Table Comparison Table
| Characteristics | Fact Table | Dimension Table |
|---|---|---|
| Creation Time | A fact table is created after dimension tables are created. | The dimension table needs to be created first. |
| Schema Structure | There is less number of fact tables in a schema. | There is a number of dimension tables in a schema. |
Which are two types of fact?
There are three types of facts:
- Additive: Additive facts are facts that can be summed up through all of the dimensions in the fact table.
- Semi-Additive: Semi-additive facts are facts that can be summed up for some of the dimensions in the fact table, but not the others.
Are fact tables normalized or denormalized?
A fact table is always DENORMALISED table. It consists of data from dimension table (Primary Key’s) and Fact table has Foreign keys and measures.
Should fact tables be normalized?
Fact tables are completely normalized To get the textual information about a transaction (each record in the fact table), you have to join the fact table with the dimension table. Some say that fact table is in denormalized structure as it might contain the duplicate foreign keys.
What is difference between fact and dimension table?
A fact table holds the data to be analyzed, and a dimension table stores data about the ways in which the data in the fact table can be analyzed.
What’s the best way to connect two data or fact tables?
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What is the difference between fact and schema?
In a schema, the number of fact tables are less in comparison to number of dimension tables. The attributes in a fact table can be in numerical or text format. It can be used for analysis, and decision-making process.