What is denormalization
What is denormalization and the benefits of doing so?When would you denormalize a data model, and when would denormalization be a bad move?
View ArticleData modeling/design tool
Could you please give me top 3 tools to design and model data for SQL Server since I have never used third party tools for design before? What is the industry leader product? I need to pass this...
View ArticleSQL Server Data Model Diagram
Hello,Sorry for not being clear...i mean tools to create models of our databases. Thanks Naina
View ArticleImporting ERwin file into Visio
Guys,Wondering if there was any way to actually import a erwin data model into Visio. Thanks
View ArticleCannonical data model
Guys,Did anyone has ever designed a cannonical data model? how is it related to XML? Is it like any other database supported by SQL SERVER 2008? Any light shed on this topic will help me a a lot to...
View ArticleData Access Layer - Design advice on replacing UDFs
I am currently trying to get my database devs to embrace set-based programming and am assisting in the redesign of our data access layer. In particular, I want to remove our dependance on UDFs with...
View ArticleSchema.Object naming and Entity Data Model and/or Sparx EA
Hi! I've been trying to generate en Entity Data Model from an existing database in Visual Studio 2010. The database has different schemas, for example Factory and Store. There are tables in the Factory...
View ArticleHow to design dimension and fact for the given detail data to acheive all...
LoanID TaskID LoanStatus TaskStatus Task Created Date Task Modified Date Loan Status Created Date Loan Status Modified Date Assinged to Loan Processor 1 10 Created Created 1/1/2012 10:00AM Null...
View ArticleData Base Design
I'm looking for better data base architecture/design to insert the >800000 records for day. My requirement is There is a more then >500 sensors continuously send the data for every second(24/7)....
View ArticleDimensional modeling question
We have a data warehouse. We have snowflake scheme with multiple fact and dimension tables. The naming convention is: FactBudget, FactSales, DimSalesPerson, DimState, DimCalendar, DimProducts So "Fact"...
View ArticleIssue with MDS data when viewed in Excel addin after connecting to MDS Model.
In MDS 2012, while exploring for a entity, i can see the data in Client and Product column are properly assigned as Code and Code {Name} as seen below: ![alt text][1] but while connecting to the MDS...
View ArticleComplex Data Model Design
I am trying to design a set of tables to do with Insurance and ran into a bit of a stumbling block with the data model as follows: **Tables:** tblInsurancePolicy tblInsurancePolicyHolder When it came...
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