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Different Schemas in DWH

 

SCHEMAS:

 

Star Schema:

-      Star Schema means Dimension Tables are directly linked to the Fact Table.

Snow Flake Schema:

-      Dimension Tables are indirectly linked to the Fact Table OR

-      Dimension table is linking to another dimension table.

 

 

 

Star Schema

 

Snow Flake Schema

1

Has redundant data and hence tough to maintain/change

1

No redundancy and hence more easy to maintain/change

2

Less complex queries and hence easy to understand

2

More complex queries and hence less easy to understand

3

Less foreign keys so faster execution time of cube.

3

More foreign keys so take more execution of cube

4

Has De-Normalized Tables

4

Has Normalized Tables

5

Good to use for large database

5

Good to use for small database

6

Less number of joins

6

More number of joins

7

When dimension table has less number of rows we can go for this.

7

When dimension table is relatively big in size it is better as it reduces space.

8

Recommended

8

Not Recommended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ETL

Cube Process

Star Schema

Slow

Fast

Snow Flake Schema

Fast

Slow

 Double Star Schema:

 

**Remember:

Even though star schema is recommended but in real time scenario most of the companies are using Snow flake schema due to the large amount of data.





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