Multidimensional Data Modeling

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Case Study 1

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Business Scenario
A multinational sales company has its head quarters at New Delhi.

They sell various products.

Their products are sold in different countries like Australia, Canada, France, Germany and so on. The President of the company wants sales and order quantity information for each quarter, month and day in a year.

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Conceptual Modeling

Identify the entities

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Conceptual Modeling

Product Sales Region

Entities
Time Sales Information

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Conceptual Modeling

Establish relationship between the entities

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Conceptual Modeling

Product

Sales Information

Sales Region

Time
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Logical Modeling

Identify the facts, dimensions, attributes, hierarchies and grain

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Logical Modeling

Sales Amount

Order Quantity

Facts

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Logical Modeling

Identify the grain(s)

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Logical Modeling

Grain Identified
Time Day

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Logical Modeling

Sales Region

Product

Time

Dimensions

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Logical Modeling

Attributes
Product Name, Color, Size

Sales Region Region Name

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Logical Modeling
Hierarchies Identified
Year

Quarter

Month

Day

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Logical Modeling

Putting the pieces together Design the schema

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Logical Modeling
Product Dimension Table Product Key Product Name Color Size Fact Table Sales Region Dimension Table

Product Key
Sales Region Key Time key Sales Amount

Sales Region Key

Territory Name

Country

Order Quantity
Time Dimension Table Time Key Date Month Quarter Year

Case Study 2 Modifying the Scenario

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New Business Scenario

A multinational sales company has its head quarters at New Delhi.

They sell various products.

Their products are sold in different countries like Australia, Canada, France, Germany and so on. The President of the company wants sales and order quantity information for each individual employee and also teamwise for every quarter to decide on appraisal.

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Conceptual Modeling

Identify the entities that are to be added

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Conceptual Modeling
Product Sales Region

Entities

Time Sales Information Employee

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Conceptual Modeling

Establish relationship between the new and existing entities

Conceptual Modeling
Employee

Product

Sales Information

Sales Region

Time Fundamentals of Business Analytics

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Logical Modeling

Identify the facts, dimensions, attributes, hierarchies and grain

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Logical Modeling

Sales amount

Order Quantity

Facts

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Logical Modeling

Identify the grain(s)

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Logical Modeling

Grains Identified Time Quarter Employee Individual

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Logical Modeling

Sales Region

Time

Product Dimensions

Employee

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Logical Modeling

New Attributes Employee Name, Email, Manager Name, Gender

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Logical Modeling
Hierarchies Identified

Year

Team

Quarter

Individual

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Logical Modeling

Modify the schema

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Logical Modeling
Product Dimension Table Product Key Product Name Color Size Fact Table SalesRegion Dimension Table Sales Region Key Territory Name Country

Product Key
Sales Region Key Time key Employee Key

Sales Amount
Order Quantity Time Dimension Table Time Key Quarter Year Employee Dimension Table Employee Key Email Name Gender Manager

Case Study 3 Modifying the Scenario Further

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Modified Business Scenario

A multinational sales company has its head quarters at New Delhi.

They sell various products which can be categorized and subcategorized accordingly.
Their products are sold in different countries like Australia, Canada, France, Germany and so on. The President of the company wants category wise sales and order quantity information for each individual employee and also teamwise for every quarter to view business productivity.

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Conceptual Modeling
Employee

Product

Sales Information

Sales Region

Sub Category Time Category

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Logical Modeling

New Hierarchy Identified

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Logical Modeling

Modify the Star schema to Snowflake schema

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Product Dimension Table Product Key Product Name Color Sub-Category Key Size

Logical Modeling
SalesRegion Dimension Table Sales Region Key Territory Name Country

Fact Table Product Key Sales Region Key Time key Employee Key Sales Amount Order Quantity Time Dimension Table

Sub-Category Table Sub-Category Key Sub-Category Name Category Key Category Table

Employee Dimension Table Employee Key Email Name Gender Manager

Time Key
Quarter Year

Category Key
Category Name