Part IV: Advanced Techniques

Chapter List

Chapter 20: Non-straight Sources

Chapter 21: Factless Facts

Chapter 22: Late Arrival Facts

Chapter 23: Dimension Consolidation

Chapter 24: Accumulated Measures

Chapter 25: Band Dimensions

Part Overview

Part IV, the final part of the book, explores six advanced techniques in dimensional data warehousing that you may need to use to meet user requirements. The six techniques are

• Non-straight sources

• Fact-less facts

• Late arrival facts

• Dimension consolidation

• Accumulated measures

• Band dimensions