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MDM vs Conformed dimensions

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Post  dwcurious Wed Dec 25, 2013 4:34 pm

Whats the difference between MDM and Confirmed dimension? In principle they seem to hit the same nail

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Post  ngalemmo Thu Dec 26, 2013 2:20 pm

They are completely different things.

MDM is about coordination, cleansing, and quality of data. Conformed dimensions is about using the same dimension across different fact tables.
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