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Pentaho Data Integration(PDI)

Pentaho Data Integration(PDI) is the most powerful open source ETL tool available in market. It is one of the important tools available in Pentaho BI...

SQL – Drop Table

SQL – Drop Table is DDL (Data definition language) statement.The Drop Table command is used to delete table from database. Drop Table Statement : Removes named table...

Slowly Changing Dimension SCD

In Data Warehouse, problem of slowly changing dimension is a common one. This applies to cases where the attribute for a record varies over time. Today...

SQL – Create Table

Create Table is a DDL (Data definition language) statement. The CREATE TABLE is used to create and define a new relational table. CREATE TABLE Statement :...

SQL – Alter Table

SQL – Alter Table is DDL (Data definition language) statement.The ALTER TABLE command is used to modify the definition (structure) of a table by modifying the...

Types Of Fact

Till now, we have already discussed about types of dimension. So lets move to another concept in dimensional modelling, i.e, FACT . A fact is a...

Types of Dimension

Dimensional modelling has two basic concepts – fact and dimension. Dimensions store the textual descriptions of the business attribute. Without the dimensions, we cannot measure...

Dimensional Modeling

I have discussed about the Data Modeling  in my previous article – What is Data  Modeling ? . I know most of you will be...

What is Data Modeling ?

Most of us are aware about Database and Database Management System. But do you know how the data is organized in a database. What is...