Multidimensional Data Modeling
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Case Study 1
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Business Scenario
A multinational sales company has its head quarters at New Delhi.
They sell various products.
Their products are sold in different countries like Australia, Canada, France, Germany and so on. The President of the company wants sales and order quantity information for each quarter, month and day in a year.
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Conceptual Modeling
Identify the entities
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Conceptual Modeling
Product Sales Region
Entities
Time Sales Information
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Conceptual Modeling
Establish relationship between the entities
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Conceptual Modeling
Product
Sales Information
Sales Region
Time
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Logical Modeling
Identify the facts, dimensions, attributes, hierarchies and grain
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Logical Modeling
Sales Amount
Order Quantity
Facts
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Logical Modeling
Identify the grain(s)
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Logical Modeling
Grain Identified
Time Day
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Logical Modeling
Sales Region
Product
Time
Dimensions
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Logical Modeling
Attributes
Product Name, Color, Size
Sales Region Region Name
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Logical Modeling
Hierarchies Identified
Year
Quarter
Month
Day
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Logical Modeling
Putting the pieces together Design the schema
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Logical Modeling
Product Dimension Table Product Key Product Name Color Size Fact Table Sales Region Dimension Table
Product Key
Sales Region Key Time key Sales Amount
Sales Region Key
Territory Name
Country
Order Quantity
Time Dimension Table Time Key Date Month Quarter Year
Case Study 2 Modifying the Scenario
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New Business Scenario
A multinational sales company has its head quarters at New Delhi.
They sell various products.
Their products are sold in different countries like Australia, Canada, France, Germany and so on. The President of the company wants sales and order quantity information for each individual employee and also teamwise for every quarter to decide on appraisal.
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Conceptual Modeling
Identify the entities that are to be added
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Conceptual Modeling
Product Sales Region
Entities
Time Sales Information Employee
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Conceptual Modeling
Establish relationship between the new and existing entities
Conceptual Modeling
Employee
Product
Sales Information
Sales Region
Time Fundamentals of Business Analytics
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Logical Modeling
Identify the facts, dimensions, attributes, hierarchies and grain
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Logical Modeling
Sales amount
Order Quantity
Facts
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Logical Modeling
Identify the grain(s)
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Logical Modeling
Grains Identified Time Quarter Employee Individual
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Logical Modeling
Sales Region
Time
Product Dimensions
Employee
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Logical Modeling
New Attributes Employee Name, Email, Manager Name, Gender
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Logical Modeling
Hierarchies Identified
Year
Team
Quarter
Individual
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Logical Modeling
Modify the schema
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Logical Modeling
Product Dimension Table Product Key Product Name Color Size Fact Table SalesRegion Dimension Table Sales Region Key Territory Name Country
Product Key
Sales Region Key Time key Employee Key
Sales Amount
Order Quantity Time Dimension Table Time Key Quarter Year Employee Dimension Table Employee Key Email Name Gender Manager
Case Study 3 Modifying the Scenario Further
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Modified Business Scenario
A multinational sales company has its head quarters at New Delhi.
They sell various products which can be categorized and subcategorized accordingly.
Their products are sold in different countries like Australia, Canada, France, Germany and so on. The President of the company wants category wise sales and order quantity information for each individual employee and also teamwise for every quarter to view business productivity.
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Conceptual Modeling
Employee
Product
Sales Information
Sales Region
Sub Category Time Category
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Logical Modeling
New Hierarchy Identified
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Logical Modeling
Modify the Star schema to Snowflake schema
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Product Dimension Table Product Key Product Name Color Sub-Category Key Size
Logical Modeling
SalesRegion Dimension Table Sales Region Key Territory Name Country
Fact Table Product Key Sales Region Key Time key Employee Key Sales Amount Order Quantity Time Dimension Table
Sub-Category Table Sub-Category Key Sub-Category Name Category Key Category Table
Employee Dimension Table Employee Key Email Name Gender Manager
Time Key
Quarter Year
Category Key
Category Name
