SQL queries can be simplified and made faster by using a star schema that only joins fact and dimension tables. Data warehouses benefit from snowflake schemas, whereas datamarts with simple ...

Some older analysis products actually required a Star Schema. Fortunately, Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) now allows us a choice as it supports both schema designs.

Yahoo’s data and business intelligence architect, Rohit Chatter, answers the latest debate, Star versus Snowflake schema, by breaking down the differences, one aspect at a time.

In establishing a star schema, the fact table is comprised of metrics, i.e., the number values to be analyzed. The expectation is that the only attributes existing on the fact, other than the foreign ...

For many years, the star schema has been a reliable design for creating the physical schema for business analytics. But time – and technology – march onward. We find ourselves in the enviable position ...

Narrator — which uses an 11-column ordering model rather than standard star schema to organise data for modelling and analysis — has picked up a Series A round of $6.2 million, money that it ...