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jscivias
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2 years ago
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Creating a dimension Date table but running into issues with fact tables with just annual data

Hello, I have several facts/data tables but they are all annual data. I tried to create a common dimension table for 'date' using calendar() function, but they are all month/day/year format. i tried ...
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    parry2k
    2 years ago

    jscivias even if your facts table has annual data, I would recommend creating a dummy date (maybe the end of the year) and then using that new column to set a relationship with the date dimension on the date column.

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2 years ago

jscivias even if your facts table has annual data, I would recommend creating a dummy date (maybe the end of the year) and then using that new column to set a relationship with the date dimension on the date column.