Accumulated Snapshot Fact Table
Breakdown of an Accumulated Snapshot Fact Table When creating a model to describe a process that has a clear beginning, end, and phases in between,
Why You Need A Persistent Staging Area (PSA)
Data warehousing closely resembles life in general. Just about when we feel like everything is going our way something unexpected happens. Before we know it
Working with Filegroups Just Got Easier
It is often important to custom design SQL Server database filegroups and files to meet business needs. LeapFrogBI enables developers to designate the filegroup name
SSIS Package Execution Precedence
SQL Server Integration Services offers developers a powerful toolset capable of performing a wide range of integration tasks. Data mart developers will typically design numerous
Modify Lineage Quickly Using “Redirect Source”
Part of the beauty of using the LeapFrogBI platform to define your data mart is how easy it is to make modifications. One example of
Deploying Component Modifications
The LeapFrogBI platform provides a toolset that not only streamlines initial data mart deployment, but also greatly simplifies incremental modification tasks. There are a few
Dimension Load Using the MERGE Statement
The T-SQL MERGE statement was introduced in SQL Server 2008, and in many ways simplified common tasks such as dimension loading. However, like most things
Schema? Prefix? Both or None?
When building SQL Server data warehouses should user-defined schemas be used? Should tables and views be prefixed? Or, maybe we should do both. After talking
Loading Dimensions From Multiple Sources
Dimensions records are often derived from multiple sources. When these sources are in sync, it is a simple enough process to combine the sources to
Existing Template Source SQL
The LeapFrogBI DWA platform enables the use of existing tables and views. For example, when extending a data mart there will be existing dimensions that