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dimension table

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dimension table
In a data warehouse, one side of the dimensional model set up for the department or organization. For example, the product dimension would be a list of the organization's products, the time dimension would be the calendar periods represented and so on. See dimensional modeling.


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This is especially suited for enterprises with customer or product dimension tables that contain millions of rows of data.
Populating fact and dimension tables into the model is often time-consuming.
 
 
 
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