FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS

DATA WAREHOUSING AND DATA MINING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“A fact table is narrow, but deep” means
A
Number of columns is high, number of rows is high
B
Number of columns is high, number of rows is low
C
Number of columns is low, number of rows is high
D
Number of columns is low, number of rows is low
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -There are two key columns in a fact table. The first column consists of foreign keys that will help connect the data with the dimension-type table, while the second column consists of descriptive attributes and the data to be analyzed.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fact tables are deep whereas dimension tables are wide as fact tables will have a higher number of rows and a lesser number of columns.

Detailed explanation-3: -A fact table is the central table in a star schema of a data warehouse. A fact table stores quantitative information for analysis and is often denormalized. A fact table works with dimension tables.

Detailed explanation-4: -A fact table is defined by its grain or most atomic level, whereas a Dimension table should be wordy, descriptive, complete, and of assured quality. The fact table helps to store report labels, whereas Dimension table contains detailed data.

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