Fundamentals Flashcards
Data normaliation is
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Data normaliation is the pricess of transforming data into an efficient and robust from for storage ad analysis.
The benefits of data normalization can be summarixed as
Protects data integrity
Reduces storage space
easier to maintain
improves query speed
Examples of Data in table can included
Repetation in line items
no unique identificators
displaying dates over the column promts the addition of unecessary zeros
tabls should be specific
Facts table records
a particular event or measurement
How to normalize a table
Contains things measure and atrributes describing objectives
no infromation is repeated
everything has a unique identifier
metrics appear in single column
all attributes are seperated into diffrent tables
Data sets for Sale
Date dimension table
Store dimentsion tbale
Category dimension table
sales fact table
Other Financial Fact table