• MikeBrey (12/7/2012)


    Same questions different vendors. Would you still recommend the snowflake?

    Yes and No. I'd probably move Vendor over to the Fact table but stay with the same general pattern. The idea being that the survey is really a dimension/description of the question, which is the only concern in the Fact. You could, for ease of use, put both QuestionID and SurveyID into the Fact table but it results in the same concept, just duplication of data for ease of reporting. Depending on how large your fact table will get will help you decide if an extra INT is going to significantly affect processing times.


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