Snowflake schemas

A snowflake schemas extends a star schema to normalize dimension tables by breaking them into additional tables.

erDiagram sales_facts { int DateId int StoreId int ProductId int UnitCount float Total } date_dims ||--o{ sales_facts : DateId store_dims ||--o{ sales_facts : StoreId store_dims }o--|| location_dims: LocationId product_dims ||--o{ sales_facts : ProductId date_dims { int DateId Datetime Date int Day string DayOfWeek int Month string MonthName int Year } store_dims { int StoreId int StoreNumber int LocationId } location_dims { int LocationId string City string State string PostalCode } product_dims { int ProductId string Sku string Name string Category }

Broader Topics Related to Snowflake Schemas

Star Schemas

Star Schemas

Schemas to organize data by facts and dimensions for analysis

Data warehouses

Data warehouses

Data warehouses: Architecture, data flow, and related topics

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