1. Data warehouse architecture CIF, DM Bus Matrix Star schema
Topics / Techniques
Data warehouse architecture
CIF, DM
Bus
Matrix
Star schema
Conformed dimensions
Conformed facts
Dimensional vs Entity-Relationship
March 2004
Ron McFadyen

2. Additive, non-additive, semi-additive PK FKs DD CD
Topics / Techniques
Fact
Factless
Indicators
Additive, non-additive, semi-additive PK
FKs DD CD
March 2004
Ron McFadyen

3. Transaction, Periodic Snapshot, Accumulating Snapshot
Topics / Techniques
Fact
Transaction, Periodic Snapshot, Accumulating Snapshot
normalizing the fact table
Density: dense / non-dense
Currencies
Allocating facts to a lower granularity fact table
March 2004
Ron McFadyen

4. Snowflaking, Normalization Outrigger Mini dimension Audit Keyword Junk
Topics / Techniques
Dimension:
Snowflaking, Normalization
Outrigger
Mini dimension
Audit
Keyword
Junk
Role-playing
March 2004
Ron McFadyen

5. Many-to-many relationships Bridge tables
Topics / Techniques
Dimension:
Many-to-many relationships
Bridge tables
Fixed-depth vs ragged hierarchies
Slowly Changing Dimensions: Type 1, 2, 3, hybrid
March 2004
Ron McFadyen

6. Natural key, surrogate key Intelligent/Smart key
Topics / Techniques
Keys
PK, FK
Natural key, surrogate key
Intelligent/Smart key
March 2004
Ron McFadyen

7. Accessing multiple fact tables Many-to-one-to-many join Multi-pass SQL
Topics / Techniques
Accessing multiple fact tables
Many-to-one-to-many join
Multi-pass SQL
Drill across
Drill down
March 2004
Ron McFadyen

8. attributes: PK, weighting factors Banding tables non-equi join
Topics / Techniques
Bridge tables:
various applications
attributes: PK, weighting factors
Banding tables
non-equi join
Point-in-time balances
nested SQL
sequencing of SKs
March 2004
Ron McFadyen

9. Topics / Techniques Aggregation: Shrunken Lost Collapsed Transparency
Performance
March 2004
Ron McFadyen

10. Topics / Techniques Physical database Partitioning Bitmaps ETL
CDC techniques
late-arriving rows
March 2004
Ron McFadyen