Dimension Tables are also tables and contains descriptive 
information used to describe the rows in the fact table. Look at the 
following fact table row….

There is no product Name, no staff name, no Customer name. Without having these names, how do you describe the qty_sold as 1 and unit_sales_price as 200..? We can’t..!
By looking prod_id (3), customer_id (5) in the product dimension and Customer dimension, we will get product name as “Santoor” and customer name as “Jhon“. So, by using dimensional tables we can describe fact rows with information such as product name, customer name etc..


  
There is no product Name, no staff name, no Customer name. Without having these names, how do you describe the qty_sold as 1 and unit_sales_price as 200..? We can’t..!
By looking prod_id (3), customer_id (5) in the product dimension and Customer dimension, we will get product name as “Santoor” and customer name as “Jhon“. So, by using dimensional tables we can describe fact rows with information such as product name, customer name etc..
 
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