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BIAppsForeginKeysAndPrimaryKeys(DocID1144113.1)
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BusinessIntelligenceServerEnterpriseEditionVersion:10.1.3.4.1[1900]andlater[Release:andlater]
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GOAL
===ODMQuestion===
Question1
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OutoftheboxBIAppsdoesnothaveforeignkeysorprimarykeysdefinedonfactsanddimensions.IsitOKifwegoahead
andcreatethesekeys?
Question2
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Creatingsuchkeys(Pk,Fk)oncustomfactsneedtocheckifthisisneeded,recommendedornot.
SOLUTION
===ODMAnswer===
Answer1
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Dimensiontableshaveasingleprimarykeyjoinedtothefacttable
Uniquenumerickey(ROW_WID)foreachdimensiontableisgeneratedduringtheloadprocess.
Keyisusedto:
joineachdimensiontablewithitscorrespondingfacttables
jointhedimensionwithanyassociatedhierarchyorextensiontable
TheOBAWdatamodelwasdesignedusingdimensionalmodelingtechniquetosupportanalysisrequirementofOracleBusiness
Intelligence(BI)applications.Thestarschemaisoptimizedfordetailedanalysis.InOBAW,datastoredinprebuiltstar
schema.
StarSchema:
Isademoralizedformatthatismoreeffectiveforqueryprocessing
IspopulatedbyETLprocess
Iscomposedof:
Onefactable
Asetofdimensiontables
Thejoinsthatrelatethedimensiontablestothefacttable
SoforOOTBtables,thereisnoneedtocreatePK,FKseparatelyforthese.
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Answer2
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Forcustomfactsuserwillneedtocreatethekeys.
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