Previously, I blogged about Server time dimensions. This is where a time dimension table is generated automatically on the Analysis Server instead of having to be created manually in the Data ...

In a data warehouse, one side of the dimensional model set up for the department or organization. For example, the product dimension would be a list of the organization's products, the time dimension ...

Naïve approaches to business intelligence will occasionally trap designers as they juggle operational data stores and data warehouses. The trap results from an honest endeavor to simplify designs and ...

When designing a Data Warehouse we usually create a dedicated Time dimension table so that our Business Analysts can analyze the data by Year by Quarter by Month or whatever time period they require.