Dimensional Modeling
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Dimensional Modeling (With modeled examples of Inventory Management and HR Processes) Submitted To. Mr. Imran Khan Course Supervisor Advance Databases Submitted By. Mr.Kamran Ellahi FA03-MS-0019 Mr.Mohd Hanif SP04-MS-0006 Introduction Business intelligence is the key achromous in today's competitive world of business and Data Warehousing the approach for achieving this level of intelligence about your business from your business. For years, data management people believed that there was only one real, persistent level of data - the operational level. All other data, while accepted, was derivable from this level. This is not true as there are several levels of data within an organization. The reason stems not from information technology (IT), but from business. Classically, there are three major levels of management and decision making within an organization: operational, tactical and strategic (figure 1). While these levels feed one another, they are essentially distinct. Operational data deals with day-to- day operations. Tactical data deals with medium-term decisions. Strategic data deals with long-...

