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These provide the context (the "who, what, where, when, and why") for the facts. Examples include Product , Date , Store , and Customer .

Determine exactly what one row in the fact table represents (e.g., one line item on a retail receipt). The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Definitive Guid...

Kimball outlines a repeatable framework for designing dimensional models: These provide the context (the "who, what, where,