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Is Dimensional Modeling Still Relevant?

  • Margy Ross
  • September 12, 2017

The short answer is “yes.” The need to focus on business process measurement events, plus grain, dimensions and facts, is as important as ever. When dimensional modeling was popularized several decades ago, we concentrated on schema designs that delivered query performance and ease-of-use. But as I described in Design Tip #160 Think Dimensionally (Beyond Data […]

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