Database Concepts (8th Edition)
Database Concepts (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134601533
Author: David M. Kroenke, David J. Auer, Scott L. Vandenberg, Robert C. Yoder
Publisher: PEARSON
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Fact Table:

Fact table is the focal table of the dimension table that can store measure of the business activities.

  • The qualities of the data present are called as measures.
  • It holds the qualitative or factual data of the entity that are being represented in the fact table.
  • Fact tables are normalized and are present at the center of the star schema.
  • They do contain foreign key in joining the dimension tables...

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