Modern Database Management
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Chapter 9, Problem 9.39PAE
You are to construct a star schema for Simplified Automobile Insurance Company (for a more realistic example, Kimball, 1996b). The relevant dimensions, dimension attributes, and dimension sizes are as follows:
| InsuredParty |
Attributes: InsuredPartylD and Name. There is an average of two insured parties for each policy and covered item. |
| Coverageltem |
Attributes: CoverageKey and Description. There is an average of 10 covered items per policy |
| Agent |
Attributes: AgentID and AgentName. There is one agent for each policy and covered item. |
| Policy |
Attributes: PolicylD and Type. The company has approximately 1 million policies at the present time. |
| Period |
Attributes: DateKey and FiscalPeriod. |
Facts to be recorded for each combination of these dimensions are PolicyPremium, Deductible, and NumberOfTransactions.
- Design a star schema for this problem. See Figure 9-10 for the format you should follow.
- Estimate the number of rows in the fact table, using the assumptions stated previously.
- Estimate the total size of the fact table (in bytes), assuming an average of 10 bytes per field.
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