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Fundamentals of Star
Transformations
04/06/2015
Overview
Learning Objectives
Data Integrity
Keys, Indexes, Cardinality
Star Transformation
Source to Target Documentation
Conclusion
Questions
Learning Objectives
• Patient_DIM_ID • Vendor_DIM_ID
• Patient Name • Vendor Number
• Patient Address • Vendor Name
• SHC# • Vendor Address
MCA_CLAIM_FACT
• DATE_DIM_ID
• DX_DIM_ID • Month
• Diagnosis Code • Day
• Diagnosis Desc • Quarter
98675 1 100.00 100-232-563 SMITH, JOHN VU, LIU FAMILY 250.0 DIABETES
MEDICINE
98675 2 100.00 100-232-563 SMITH, JOHN VU, LIU FAMILY 276. CHF
MEDICINE
25555 6 250.00 101-103-600 DOE, JANE JONES, ORTHO 656.20 ANKLE
MARK SPRAIN
68395 3 500.00 102-896-405 MILLER, KELLY, KRIS PEDIATRICS 426.11 FEVER
MIKE
Snowflake Schema
• Structure in which a single fact table is
surrounded by one or more multileveled
dimensions
• Designed for flexible querying across
more complex dimension relationship
• Suitable for many-to-many and one-to-
many relationships among related
dimension levels
Snowflake Schema
• Gender_DIM_ID
• Gender Code
Gender_DIM • Gender Desc Division_DIM
Patient_DIM Vendor_DIM
• Patient_DIM_ID
• Patient Name
• Patient Address
• SHC#
MCA_CLAIM_FACT
• Patient_DIM_ID
• Patient Name Patient_DIM
• Patient Address
• SHC#
• Gender_DIM_ID
Learning Objectives
Data Integrity
Keys, Indexes, Cardinality
Star Transformation
Source to Target Documentation
Questions?