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Month: February 2014

Types of Fact Tables

Bill 2014-02-23

In a presentation I’ve been delivering lately, Bus Matrix – the Foundation of your Dimensional Data Model, I briefly cover the hierarchy of an enterprise and how it can be conceptually broken down and mapped into … Continue reading Types of Fact Tables →

The Best Book On Dimensional Modeling

Bill 2014-02-11

The Data Warehouse Toolkit by Ralph Kimball has been read cover to cover by most Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence industry professionals. It is perhaps the most popular text on dimensional modeling known to mankind. … Continue reading The Best Book On Dimensional Modeling →

MDX: ParallelPeriod Is Not Calendar Aware (Part 2)

Bill 2014-02-06

In the last post, we explored the ParallelPeriod function in a bit of detail and then used a contrived example to highlight a particular edge case that needs to be explicitly handled when the number … Continue reading MDX: ParallelPeriod Is Not Calendar Aware (Part 2) →

MDX: ParallelPeriod Is Not Calendar Aware

Bill 2014-02-04

ParallelPeriod is one of the more commonly used MDX functions out there. It’s primary use is in “prior period” calculations such as Prior Year sales (which in turn can be used to calculate Year-over-Year Change … Continue reading MDX: ParallelPeriod Is Not Calendar Aware →

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