Accumulated Snapshot Fact Table
Breakdown of an Accumulated Snapshot Fact Table When creating a model to describe a process that has a clear beginning, end, and phases in between,
Why You Need A Persistent Staging Area (PSA)
Data warehousing closely resembles life in general. Just about when we feel like everything is going our way something unexpected happens. Before we know it
SSIS Package Execution Precedence
SQL Server Integration Services offers developers a powerful toolset capable of performing a wide range of integration tasks. Data mart developers will typically design numerous
Dimension Load Using the MERGE Statement
The T-SQL MERGE statement was introduced in SQL Server 2008, and in many ways simplified common tasks such as dimension loading. However, like most things
Loading Dimensions From Multiple Sources
Dimensions records are often derived from multiple sources. When these sources are in sync, it is a simple enough process to combine the sources to