In a data warehouse, one side of the dimensional model set up for the department or organization. For example, the product dimension would be a list of the organization's products, the time dimension ...

The grain of a fact table is derived by the dimensions with which the fact is associated. For example, should a fact have associations with a Day dimension, a Location dimension, a Customer dimension, ...

Naïve approaches to business intelligence will occasionally trap designers as they juggle operational data stores and data warehouses. The trap results from an honest endeavor to simplify designs and ...