what is dimension table?

Answer Posted / sudheer kumar

A dimension table is table Which contains detailed
Information of Particular Unit, Dimension table contains
primary key which represents uniqueness of that table,
A foreign key of fact table References primary key of a
dimension table in many to one relationship.

Example:
Consider Time Dimension, it Contains detaild time
information like,
YYMMDD,YYMM,YYYY,YYQQ,YYWK.(Year,quarter,Month,Daate).

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