Reference no: EM133555611
Homework: Design and Implement a Data Mart
Create a Data Model for a Data Mart using Dimensional Modeling Principles
Prerequisite:
Before beginning this homework, ensure that you've thoroughly read and understood Chapters 9 (pages 197 to 235) and 10 (pages 237 to 251) on Dimensional Modeling from the course textbook.
Project Context:
You are stepping into the shoes of a Junior BI developer involved in a data mart project. As part of the requirements gathering phase, you have a discussion with Jim Riner, the Sales Manager. Jim identifies a crucial need for deeper sales data analysis that encompasses the following dimensions:
A. Products
B. Customers
C. Dates (Seasonality)
D. Orders
E. Sales Territory
Specific Dimension Requirements:
A. Product Dimension:
1. Analyze sales based on categories, subcategories, product names, colors, and models.
2. This will help in identifying top-selling items in various categories and attributes.
B. Customer Dimension:
1. Explore sales data to determine which customers purchase which items, pinpoint top customers, and analyze sales by the customer's zip, territory, country, and city.
2. This information can aid in tailoring promotional offers and understanding buying patterns of valued customers.
C. Date (Seasonality) Dimension:
1. Analyze which products have high sales during specific seasons, days, weeks, or years.
2. The granularity of this dimension should include: Date Surrogate Key, Date Value, Month, Year, IsHoliday, and Holiday Name.
D. Order Dimension:
1. Sales analysis based on Order ID, Order Detail ID, and Customer ID.
E. Sales Territory Dimension:
1. The analysis should cover territory name, territory group, country, or region codes.
2. The objective is to determine the profitability of specific geographic locations, products sold there, and revenue comparison between regions.
Task:
Given the requirements and understanding from chapters 9 and 10 on Star Schema, your task is to:
A. Design an ERD diagram for a Star Schema that will integrate the central fact table with the required dimension tables.
B. Refer to Figures 9.10 and 9.18 (for the date dimension) in the textbook as guidance.