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[DWH]SnowFlakeSchema

Snowflake Schema
Snowflake schema consists of a fact table surrounded by multiple dimension tables which can be
connected to other dimension tables via many-to-one relationship. Snowflake schema is a kind of star
schema however it is more complex than a star schema in term of data model. This schema resembles a
snowflake so it is called snowflake schema.
Snowflake schema is designed from star schema by further normalizing dimension tables to eliminate data
redundancy. Therefore in snowflake schema, instead of having a big dimension table connected to a fact
table, we have a group of multiple dimension tables. In snowflake schema, tables are normally in the third
normal form (3NF). This schema well helps save space however it increases the number of dimension tables.

Snowflake schema example

The figure below shows an example of snowflake schema that is a snowflaked version of a star schema in the
star schema article.

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Snowflake Schema Example

Let examine the snowflake schema above in a great detail:

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DIM_STORE dimension table is normalized to add one more dimension table called DIM_GEOGRAPHY

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DIM_PRODUCT dimension table is normalized to add 2 more dimension tables called DIM_BRAND and

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The normalization of dimension tables tends to increase number of dimension tables or subdimension table that require more foreign key joins when querying the data therefore reduce the

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from dimension table to sub-dimension tables.

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Snowflake schema help to save space by normalizing dimension tables.

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OLAP

It is more difficult for business users who use data warehouse system using snowflake schema

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