Wednesday, October 10, 2012

SCD

SCD is the abbreviation of slowly changing dimensions. SCD applies to cases where the attribute for a record varies over time. There are three different types of SCD.

SCD1: The new record replaces the original record. Only one record exists in database – current data.
SCD2: A new record is added into the customer dimension table. Two records exist in the database – current data and previous history data.
SCD3: The original data is modified to include new data. One record exists in database – new information is attached with old information in same row.

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