Data Warehousing
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      • Subject Oriented
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  • Data Warehousing Concepts
    • Dimensional Modelling
      • Star Schema
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      • Snowflake Schema
      • Starflake Schema
      • Star vs Snowflake
      • GRAIN
      • Multi-Fact Star Schema
      • Vertabelo Tool
    • Dimension - Fact
    • Sample Excercise
    • Keys
      • Why Surrogate Keys are Important
    • More Examples
    • Master Data Management
    • Steps of Dimensional Modeling
    • Types of Dimensions
      • Date Dimension Table
      • Degenerate Dimension
      • Junk Dimension
      • Static Dimension
      • Conformed Dimensions
      • Slowly Changing Dimensions
        • SCD - Type 0
        • SCD - Type 1
        • SCD - Type 2
        • SCD - Type 3
        • SCD - Type 4
        • SCD - Type 6
        • SCD - Type 5 - Fun Fact
      • Role Playing Dimension
      • Conformed vs Role Playing
      • Shrunken Dimension
      • Swappable Dimension
      • Step Dimension
    • Types of Facts
      • Factless Fact Table
      • Transaction Fact
      • Periodic Fact
      • Accumulating Snapshot Fact Table
      • Transaction vs Periodic vs Accumulating
      • Additive, Semi-Additive, Non-Additive
      • Periodic Snapshot vs Additive
      • Conformed Fact
    • Sample Data Architecture Diagram
    • Data Pipeline Models
    • New DW Concepts
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Types of Dimensions

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Date Dimension Table
Degenerate Dimension
Junk Dimension
Static Dimension
Conformed Dimensions
Slowly Changing Dimensions
Role Playing Dimension
Conformed vs Role Playing
Shrunken Dimension
Swappable Dimension
Step Dimension