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Understanding Slowly Changing Dimensions by Asad Hussain is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Slowly changing dimensions refer to how changes in source data are reflected in dimension tables in a data warehouse. There are three types: type 1 overwrites data, losing history; type 2 adds a new row preserving history; type 3 uses attribute pairs to track both current and previous values. The document provides examples and explanations of each type and how they affect the ability to analyze historical facts.

Author
Asad Hussain
Language
EN