What is diff between Junk dimensions and conform dimension?

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What is diff between Junk dimensions and conform dimension?..

Answer / avinash

JUNK DIMENSION
A Dimension which cannot be used to describe the facts is
known as junk dimension(junk dimension provides additional
information to the main dimension)
ex:-customer add

Confirmed Dimension
A dimension table which can be shared by multiple fact tables
is known as Confirmed dimension
Ex:- Time dimension

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What is diff between Junk dimensions and conform dimension?..

Answer / nagireddy

a junk dimension is dimension but not using for
maping..like its a boolean value.but conform dimesion is
which dimension is shared by two or more than two fact
tables is called conform dimension.and conform dimesin
reduce the no of tables...

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What is diff between Junk dimensions and conform dimension?..

Answer / vinod upputuri

Junk dimension: This dimension is mainly used for reference
purpose. It contains textual codes and flag variables.

Ex: country_id,Country_name
IND INDIA

Conform dimension: AS Avinash said the dimension table which
is shared by multiple fact tables are called as Conform
Dimension table.

Date,Geography,time etc.

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What is diff between Junk dimensions and conform dimension?..

Answer / shar

junk dimensions are dimensions that contain miscellaneous data like flags,gender,text values etc that cannot be used for generating reports

Conformed dimension: if a dimension table is shared by multiple fact tables then that table is called as conformed dimension table.

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