Table of Contents

Search

  1. Preface
  2. Using the Designer
  3. Working with Sources
  4. Working with Flat Files
  5. Working with Targets
  6. Mappings
  7. Mapplets
  8. Mapping Parameters and Variables
  9. Working with User-Defined Functions
  10. Using the Debugger
  11. Viewing Data Lineage
  12. Comparing Objects
  13. Managing Business Components
  14. Creating Cubes and Dimensions
  15. Using the Mapping Wizards
  16. Appendix A: Datatype Reference
  17. Appendix B: Configure the Web Browser

Designer Guide

Designer Guide

Creating a Slowly Growing Target Mapping

Creating a Slowly Growing Target Mapping

The slowly growing target mapping filters source rows based on user-defined comparisons, and then inserts only those found to be
new
to the target. Use the slowly growing target mapping to determine which source rows are new and to load them to an existing target table. In the slowly growing target mapping, all rows are current.
Use the slowly growing target mapping to load a slowly growing fact or dimension table, one in which existing data does not require updates.
For example, you have a site code dimension table that contains only a store name and a corresponding site code that you update only after the company opens a new store. Although listed stores might close, you want to keep the store code and name in the dimension for historical analysis. With the slowly growing target mapping, you can load new source rows to the site code dimension table without deleting historical sites.

0 COMMENTS

We’d like to hear from you!