Where exactly dimension and fact tables are useful?

Where exactly dimension and fact tables are useful? Is it source or target?
We are importing source directly from database and transforming and loading the data to target.
Can anybody please send where they exactly it is useful?

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raj

Aug 3rd, 2006

when u doing analysis this will be use full. how u r taking decesions? depends on reports so dimentions and fact tables use full in reporting.

samba

Aug 21st, 2006

Dimesions and fact tables are nothing but tables
Dimesions and facts are targets for the mappings
first u have to load the data into dimensions these are called master tables after that by using transaction tables and master tables you have to populate the data into fact table.
let me know if you have any clarifications
cheers
samba