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[Task]: Video series 09 - Dimensional model #233

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Video 9 — Dimensional model

Folder docs/video-series/09-dimensional-model. About four minutes. Assumes video 8.

  • A dimensional model is facts and dimensions for reporting, loaded from the Business Vault, the raw vault, or both.
  • Open retail-example/models/retail-f-orders.hdm. Show the fact, the role-playing dates, and a conformed dimension from retail-example/models/retail-conformed-dims.hdm.
  • The group update loads every Data Vault model, then every Business Vault model, then every dimensional model. Add the .hdm to the same group, retail-sources.
  • The semantic layer retail-example/models/retail-f-orders.hsl holds formats and a saved selection on that fact. Open one presentation page so the viewer sees a report. Do not teach the crosstab editor.
  • The Kimball bus matrix is where that fact and dimension list is planned. Name it. Do not build one.

Docs: docs/dimensional-modeler-overview.adoc, docs/semantic-layer.adoc, docs/bus-matrix.adoc, docs/training/module-6-dimensional-models.adoc.

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