Many to Many relationship

  • Is it better to create a Type2 dimension or a periodic Fact table to maintain history of a many to many relationship?

    In case of periodic fact table, it will be good enough to track changes every day and it's ok to loose intra-day changes in this case.

  • It really depends on what exactly you are trying to do.

    If you are looking to track the changes between the relationship of different type-2 dimensions, then a (fact-less) periodic snapshot table will be sufficient. If the changes are too rapid or your dimensions very large, you could look at temporal fact tables as a possible solution.

  • A junction table maybe?

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