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Separate fact tables for measures with different units?

‎11-29-2019 05:17 AM

Let's say I want to measure financial numbers, hours and volumes (cubic meters). They have different units.

Is it good practice to put them in 1 fact table? Or is it better to make a separate fact table for each unit?

If I do the last, how can I make sure I can still see (visualize) the relation between the units, I mean the impact one has on the other.

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‎11-29-2019 06:22 AM

@richard-powerbi I will keep in one table and segregate by Unit of measurement, one advantage is to keep few measures to work with visualization otherwise you have to recreate measures on each table.

 

Only downsize is that if you put volume in the visualization with unit of measure, it could be misleading. 



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‎11-29-2019 07:27 AM

What do you mean by "segregate by Unit of measurement"?

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