Chapter 3. Schema Objects – Attributes
In this chapter, we will cover:
- Attribute forms – ID and DESC
- Using functions in an attribute form
- Parent-child relationship I
- Parent-child relationship II
- Other attribute forms
- Selecting which forms are displayed
- Building Data Explorer Hierarchies
- Creating an attribute only report
- Parent-child relationship in a report
- Filters on attributes
Introduction
In every BI project, we find dimensions and facts. There is an extensive literature about data modeling if you want to look further into this topic; I personally like The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Definitive Guide to Dimensional Modeling by Ralph Kimball and Margy Ross; a very complete, yet simple-to-read manual.
We learned in the previous chapter that the metadata components ...
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