Dimension Tables usually have a member with Surrogate Key (SK) value of -1 to handle unknown members. Unknown SK is usually set when SSIS look-up on a dimension table fails to return a match based on a business/natural key. Continue Reading
Data Warehouse
Kimball and Inmon DW Models
When it comes to Data Modelling you cannot go past the contributions of Ralph Kimball and Bill Inmon. There are numerous articles/white papers that go to great detail in dissecting their modelling techniques. There are serious fanatics on both camps. Rather than getting caught up in the debate, this post gives a snippet of both Kimball and Inmon’s model and let you choose which model is right for you next BI project. Continue Reading
Benny Austin 