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Module 1
Overview of Relational Database
Support

Lesson 4: Relational Database Schema

Patterns
Lesson Objectives
• Review schema patterns
• Understand data warehouse used in ungraded
exercises
• Understand data warehouse used in graded
assignments

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Star Schema Example
Store
Item StoreId
ItemId StoreManager
ItemName StoreStreet
ItemUnitPrice StoreCity
ItemBrand StoreSales StoreState
ItemCategory StoreZip
StoreNation
ItemSales DivId
Sales DivName
SalesNo
DivManager
SalesUnits
SalesDollar
Customer SalesCost
TimeDim
CustId TimeNo
CustName TimeSales TimeDay
CustPhone TimeMonth
CustStreet CustSales TimeQuarter
CustCity TimeYear
CustState TimeDayOfWeek
CustZip TimeFiscalYear
CustNation
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Constellation Schema Example
Supplier
SuppId Inventory
SuppName InvNo
SuppCity SuppInv InvQOH StoreInv
SuppState InvCost
SuppZip InvReturns
SuppNation

ItemInv
Store
Item StoreId
ItemId StoreManager
ItemName StoreStreet
ItemUnitPrice StoreCity
ItemBrand StoreSales StoreState TimeInv
ItemCategory StoreZip
StoreNation
ItemSales DivId
Sales DivName
SalesNo
DivManager
SalesUnits
SalesDollar
Customer SalesCost
TimeDim
CustId TimeNo
CustName TimeSales TimeDay
CustPhone TimeMonth
CustStreet CustSales TimeQuarter
CustCity TimeYear
CustState TimeDayOfWeek
CustZip TimeFiscalYear
CustNation
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Extended Constellation Schema
Item sales,
Subscription
sales, Inventory
cost
TimeDim

Supplier Store

Format Item

Package Customer
Lead
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Matrix for a Constellation Schema
Facts
Dimensions
Product Sales Subscription Sales Inventory
Store X
Item X X X
Customer X X
Lead X
Package X
Format X
Supplier X
TimeDim X X X

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Snowflake Schema Example

Item
ItemId Store
ItemName StoreId
ItemUnitPrice Division
StoreManager
ItemBrand DivId
StoreStreet
ItemCategory
StoreSales DivStore DivName
StoreCity
DivManager
StoreState
ItemSales Sales StoreZip
SalesNo StoreNation
SalesUnits
SalesDollar
Customer SalesCost
TimeSales TimeDim
CustId TimeNo
CustName TimeDay
CustPhone TimeMonth
CustStreet CustSales TimeQuarter
CustCity TimeYear
CustState TimeDayOfWeek
CustZip TimeFiscalYear
CustNation

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Oracle Diagram for the Store Sales DW

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Inventory Lifecycles
Work Order Sales Purchasing
Life Cycle Life Cycle Life Cycle

Work Order Header Sales Order Entry Purchase Order Entry

Work Order
Pick List Generation Purchase Order Transfer
Generation

Shipment Purchase Order Receipt

Issue/Scrap Parts

Sales Update Create Voucher

Time Reporting

Inventory
Work Order Completions Transactions
Perpetual
Inventory Adjustments
Inventory
Manufacturing Accounting Master DB
Inventory Transfers

Perpetual Inventory
Transactions
Simple Issues

Inventory
Reclassifications
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Oracle Diagram for the Inventory DW

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Summary
• Understand schema patterns for query formulation
• Store sales data warehouse for practice problems
• Inventory data warehouse for graded problems
• Course documents for both data warehouses

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