Dimensional Warehouse Model Data Model

Entity

Entity Geographic Area Dimension

Description

A location that is a specially bounded area such as a city, state, region or county. It may be defined by nature, by an external authority (such as a government) or by a person or organization for internal business purposes. It is used to identify a location in space that does not have a structured address.

Attributes
Area Cd
Area Code Descr
Area Code Sk
AWM Load Info Sk
City Nm
Country Nm
Current Ind
Density Designation Cd
Density Designation Code Descr
Density Designation Code Sk
DWM Load Info Sk
Effective From Dt
Effective To Dt
Geographic Area Dk
Geographic Area Sk
Geographic Area Type Cd
Geographic Area Type Code Descr
Geographic Area Type Code Sk
Geographic Descr
Global Location Num
Location Descr
Location Nm
Location Overflow Ind
Soil Type Cd
Soil Type Code Descr
Soil Type Code Sk
Source Cd
Source Code Descr
Source Code Sk
State Province Cd
Subregion Nm
Surface Area
Tenant Sk
Valid From Ts
Valid To Ts

Primary Key
Geographic Area Dimension PK

Dependencies

Reverse Dependencies

Attribute Details

Area Cd

Description	Indicates the area code assigned by the system.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Tenant Common Code [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Area Code Descr

Description	Indicates the area code assigned by the system.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description [VARCHAR(250)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Area Code Sk

Description	Indicates the area code assigned by the system.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

AWM Load Info Sk

Description	The surrogate key of the load information entry describing the details regarding the loading of the row in the atomic data warehouse.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key Large [LONG]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

City Nm

Description	Name for the city of the address.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/String [VARCHAR(255)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Country Nm

Description	Name of the country for the address.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/String [VARCHAR(255)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Current Ind

Description	Set to 'Y' if this is the most recent row of a group having the same Surrogate Key.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Boolean Indicator [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Density Designation Cd

Description	Classifies places according to the number of people resident per unit of area in or at the place. For example: City area Not populated Rural area
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Tenant Common Code [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Density Designation Code Descr

Description	Classifies places according to the number of people resident per unit of area in or at the place. For example: City area Not populated Rural area
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description [VARCHAR(250)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Density Designation Code Sk

Description	Classifies places according to the number of people resident per unit of area in or at the place. For example: City area Not populated Rural area
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

DWM Load Info Sk

Description	The surrogate key of the load information entry describing the details regarding the loading of the row.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key Large [LONG]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Effective From Dt

Description	Establishes a period where a set of attributes are true according to the business.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Date [DATE]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Effective To Dt

Description	Ends a period of effectivity.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Date [DATE]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Geographic Area Dk

Description	A numeric surrogate key used to uniquely identify entities in the dimensional model.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key Large [LONG]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	true
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	true

Geographic Area Sk

Description	A numeric surrogate key used to uniquely identify entities in the atomic model.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key Large [LONG]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Geographic Area Type Cd

Description	Describes a location in the context of geographical setting. For example: City Town Village Urban Rural
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Tenant Common Code [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Geographic Area Type Code Descr

Description	Describes a location in the context of geographical setting. For example: City Town Village Urban Rural
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description [VARCHAR(250)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Geographic Area Type Code Sk

Description	Describes a location in the context of geographical setting. For example: City Town Village Urban Rural
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Geographic Descr

Description	Free text that provides additional information about an address or location. For example: Landmark
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description [VARCHAR(250)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Global Location Num

Description	A Global Location Number (GLN) is the Global Standards One (GS1) identification key for a physical location. It consists of a 13-digit number composed of a GS1 Company Prefix, a Location Reference number and a Check Digit calculated across the preceding digits to ensure data integrity.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Alphanumeric [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Location Descr

Description	Describes the location in the form of free text.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description [VARCHAR(250)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Location Nm

Description	Indicates the full name of the location.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Location Name Long [VARCHAR(250)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Location Overflow Ind

Description	Indication of location use when another location is filled.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Boolean Indicator [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Soil Type Cd

Description	The classification of the surface layer of this place. For example: Sand Lime Rock Swamp
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Tenant Common Code [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Soil Type Code Descr

Description	The classification of the surface layer of this place. For example: Sand Lime Rock Swamp
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description [VARCHAR(250)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Soil Type Code Sk

Description	The classification of the surface layer of this place. For example: Sand Lime Rock Swamp
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Source Cd

Description	The code that corresponds to the Source Code Sk.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Tenant Common Code [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Source Code Descr

Description	The description that corresponds to the Source Type Cd.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Description [VARCHAR(250)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Source Code Sk

Description	The origin of the data identifying the actual load source, vendor, manual key entry, or context of the data in a specific row in the database.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

State Province Cd

Description	Indicates the state or province for the address using a recognized set of codes or abbreviations.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/State Code [CHAR(2)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Subregion Nm

Description	The name of the county for the address.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/String [VARCHAR(255)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Surface Area

Description	Indicates the measurement of the surface area of this place.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Number Integer [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Tenant Sk

Description	The surrogate key of the entry identifying the legal owner of the data.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Surrogate Key [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Valid From Ts

Description	Establishes a period where a set of attributes are true in the source system. This would be populated with the transaction timestamp and would be used for the snapshot date.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Timestamp [TIMESTAMP]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	true
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Valid To Ts

Description	Ends a period of validity.
Data Type	Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Timestamp [TIMESTAMP]
Is Part Of PrimaryKey	false
Is Required	false
Is Derived	false
Is Surrogate Key	false

Primary Key Details

Geographic Area Dimension PK

Description	The unique identifier of the Postal Address
Key Attribute	Geographic Area Dk

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