"Bobbyx2405" <Bobbyx2405@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello:
> I'm a newbie to Datawarehousing and using of the concepts of
> Dimensional
> modeling. I read about Kimball's methodology too.
> I started using Analysis Services, which is really great. I created
> tables
> with the primary index values.
> My scenario is like this.
> I should be able to drill down to any of these reports and the details
> also. I would like evaluate the sale of tools in different regions during
> different times, with different customers, with different tools
> description
> and with different types of purchases(in any fashion), the way users need.
> I created 5 different tables with
> Tool Description, Region, Time, Purchase Type, Customer.
> All tables are linked by Tool number which is unique.
> Tool Description has fields such as
> Tools Description, Tool Type, Tool Group, Tool Number(The index has
> multiple columns to make it unique).
> Region - Region, State, Zip Code, Tool_No(Unique Record)
> Time - Year,Quarter,Month,Week,Day,Tool_No
> Purchase_Type - Purchase_Type(Lease/Sale), Sale_Type, Transaction_Type,
> Tool_NO(Index values)
> Customer(Customer age, Gender,Tool_No)
>
> I created all these tables and keyed in values manually for my own
> testing
> purposes. I would be populating the values using Stored
> PRocedures(probably
> by DTS) as time goes.
> But to create a FACT table with multiple dimensions, the following
> questions arose.
> Can I create a fact table with the following columns or do I need to add
> Tool_No also in the FACT table.
> Tool_Description,Year,Purchase_Type,Customer,Total_Sales.
>
> I guess that I need to populate this fact table using T-SQL before
> creating a cube .Am I correct? Please do let me know.
>
> In the FACT TAble, do I need to go to the level of granularity of the
> Tool_No also.
>
> Once I create a fact table with T-SQL queries, can I go ahead and create
> a
> cube with all 4 - 5 dimensions, the way I would really like to drill it
> down
> to the reports.
>
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>