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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

LOADING FACT TABLE FOR RETAIL DOMAIN

 
FACT TABLE LOADING CONCEPT:
DOMAIN USED : RETAIL
SOURCE TABLE NAME :  POS
DATES USED: 24 AND 25 JUL 2012



LOADING  PRODUCT DIMENSION:


RETRIEVING ONLY DISTINCT RECORDS FOR THE PRODUCT DIMENSION:




LOADING  STORE DIMENSION:






LOADING  LOCATION DIMENSION:


 
LOADING  DATE DIMENSION:



LESSON LEARNT: DATE WAS GIVEN DATE DATATYPE WHILE CREATING THE TABLE BUT THAT WAS TAKEN AS STRING.SO WHILE INSERTING HAD TO USE TO_DATE(SYSDATE,’DD-MON-YY’) SO AS TO CONVERT TO A DATE.



AGGREGATING BASED ON ALL FORIGNKEYS IN FACT TABLE ANS SUM() ON QTY_SOLD:




FACT TABLE LOADING  BY LOOKING UP ON ALL DIMENSIONS AND AGGREGATING THEM:

 DATA PREVIEW IN FACT TABLE:



FACT TABLE RESULTS: