Data Dictionary of Contoso BI Demo Dataset For Retail Industry

Table Name
DimAccount
COLUMNS
TYPE
AccountKey
ParentAccountKey
AccountLabel
AccountName
AccountDescription
AccountType
Operator
CustomMembers
ValueType
CustomMemberOptions
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimChannel
COLUMNS
TYPE
ChannelKey
ChannelLabel
ChannelName
ChannelDescription
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimCurrency
COLUMNS
TYPE
CurrencyKey
CurrencyLabel
CurrencyName
CurrencyDescription
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimCustomer
COLUMNS
TYPE
CustomerKey
GeographyKey
CustomerLabel
Title
FirstName
int
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
LENGTH
4
4
100
50
50
50
50
300
50
200
4
8
8
LENGTH
4
100
20
50
4
8
8
LENGTH
4
10
20
50
4
8
8
LENGTH
4
4
100
8
50
MiddleName
LastName
NameStyle
BirthDate
MaritalStatus
Suffix
Gender
EmailAddress
YearlyIncome
TotalChildren
NumberChildrenAtHome
Education
Occupation
HouseOwnerFlag
NumberCarsOwned
AddressLine1
AddressLine2
Phone
DateFirstPurchase
CustomerType
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
nvarchar
nvarchar
bit
date
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
money
tinyint
tinyint
nvarchar
nvarchar
nchar
tinyint
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
date
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimDate
COLUMNS
TYPE
Datekey
FullDateLabel
DateDescription
CalendarYear
CalendarYearLabel
CalendarHalfYear
CalendarHalfYearLabel
CalendarQuarter
CalendarQuarterLabel
CalendarMonth
CalendarMonthLabel
CalendarWeek
CalendarWeekLabel
CalendarDayOfWeek
CalendarDayOfWeekLabel
FiscalYear
FiscalYearLabel
Datetime
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
50
50
1
3
1
10
1
50
8
1
1
40
100
1
1
120
120
20
3
15
4
8
8
LENGTH
20
20
4
20
4
20
4
20
4
20
4
20
4
10
4
20
FiscalHalfYear
FiscalHalfYearLabel
FiscalQuarter
FiscalQuarterLabel
FiscalMonth
FiscalMonthLabel
IsWorkDay
IsHoliday
HolidayName
EuropeSeason
NorthAmericaSeason
AsiaSeason
int
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
Table Name
DimEmployee
COLUMNS
TYPE
EmployeeKey
ParentEmployeeKey
FirstName
LastName
MiddleName
Title
HireDate
BirthDate
EmailAddress
Phone
MaritalStatus
EmergencyContactName
EmergencyContactPhone
SalariedFlag
Gender
PayFrequency
BaseRate
VacationHours
CurrentFlag
SalesPersonFlag
DepartmentName
StartDate
EndDate
Status
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
date
date
nvarchar
nvarchar
nchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
bit
nchar
tinyint
money
smallint
bit
bit
nvarchar
date
date
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
4
20
4
20
4
20
20
4
20
50
50
50
LENGTH
4
4
50
50
50
50
3
3
50
25
1
50
25
1
1
1
8
2
1
1
50
3
3
50
4
8
8
Table Name
DimEntity
COLUMNS
TYPE
EntityKey
EntityLabel
ParentEntityKey
ParentEntityLabel
EntityName
EntityDescription
EntityType
StartDate
EndDate
Status
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
datetime
datetime
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimMachine
COLUMNS
TYPE
MachineKey
MachineLabel
StoreKey
MachineType
MachineName
MachineDescription
VendorName
MachineOS
MachineSource
MachineHardware
MachineSoftware
Status
ServiceStartDate
DecommissionDate
LastModifiedDate
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
datetime
datetime
datetime
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimOutage
COLUMNS
TYPE
OutageKey
OutageLabel
OutageName
OutageDescription
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
LENGTH
4
100
4
100
50
100
100
8
8
50
4
8
8
LENGTH
4
100
4
50
100
200
50
50
100
100
100
50
8
8
8
4
8
8
LENGTH
4
100
50
200
OutageType
OutageTypeDescription
OutageSubType
OutageSubTypeDescription
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimProduct
COLUMNS
TYPE
ProductKey
ProductLabel
ProductName
ProductDescription
ProductSubcategoryKey
Manufacturer
BrandName
ClassID
ClassName
StyleID
StyleName
ColorID
ColorName
Size
SizeRange
SizeUnitMeasureID
Weight
WeightUnitMeasureID
UnitOfMeasureID
UnitOfMeasureName
StockTypeID
StockTypeName
UnitCost
UnitPrice
AvailableForSaleDate
StopSaleDate
Status
ImageURL
ProductURL
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
float
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
money
money
datetime
datetime
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
50
200
50
200
4
8
8
LENGTH
4
255
500
400
4
50
50
10
20
10
20
10
20
50
50
20
8
20
10
40
10
40
8
8
8
8
7
150
150
4
8
8
Table Name
DimProductCategory
COLUMNS
TYPE
ProductCategoryKey
ProductCategoryLabel
ProductCategoryName
ProductCategoryDescription
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimProductSubcategory
COLUMNS
TYPE
ProductSubcategoryKey
ProductSubcategoryLabel
ProductSubcategoryName
ProductSubcategoryDesciption
ProductCategoryKey
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimPromotion
COLUMNS
TYPE
PromotionKey
PromotionLabel
PromotionName
Promotiondescription
DiscountPercent
PromotionType
PromotionCategory
MinQuantity
MaxQuantity
StartDate
EndDate
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
float
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
int
datetime
datetime
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimSalesTerritory
COLUMNS
TYPE
SalesTerritoryKey
GeographyKey
SalesTerritoryLabel
int
int
nvarchar
LENGTH
4
100
30
50
4
8
8
LENGTH
4
100
50
100
4
4
8
8
LENGTH
4
100
20
255
8
50
50
4
4
8
8
4
8
8
LENGTH
4
4
100
SalesTerritoryName
SalesTerritoryRegion
SalesTerritoryCountry
SalesTerritoryGroup
SalesTerritoryLevel
SalesTerritoryManager
StartDate
EndDate
Status
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimScenario
COLUMNS
TYPE
ScenarioKey
ScenarioLabel
ScenarioName
ScenarioDescription
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimStore
COLUMNS
TYPE
StoreKey
GeographyKey
StoreManager
StoreType
StoreName
StoreDescription
Status
OpenDate
CloseDate
EntityKey
ZipCode
ZipCodeExtension
StorePhone
StoreFax
AddressLine1
AddressLine2
CloseReason
EmployeeCount
int
int
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
datetime
datetime
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
50
50
50
50
10
4
8
8
50
4
8
8
LENGTH
4
100
20
50
4
8
8
LENGTH
4
4
4
15
100
300
20
8
8
4
20
10
15
14
100
100
20
4
SellingAreaSize
LastRemodelDate
GeoLocation
Geometry
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
float
datetime
geography
geometry
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
DimGeography
COLUMNS
TYPE
GeographyKey
GeographyType
ContinentName
CityName
StateProvinceName
RegionCountryName
Geometry
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
geometry
int
datetime
datetime
8
8
4
8
8
LENGTH
4
50
50
100
100
100
4
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8
description
The primary key of account table

The parent key of account table
The account label
The name of account.
The account description
The type of the account such as Asset or income
The operator of the account record
The account custom member for MDX calculation
The value type of the account record
The options of custom members for MDX calculation
ETL load process ID
Loaded date, used for ETL
Updated date, used for ETL
description
The primary key of channel table

The channel label
The name of the channel.(Store/Online/Catalog/Reseller)
The description of the channel
ETL load process ID
description
The primary key of currency table

The abbreviation of the currency
The name of the currency (USD/GBP/CNY)
The description of the currency
ETL load process ID
description
The primary key of customer table

Foreign key pointed to PK in DimGeography table
The abbreviated description of the customer
The title of the customer
The first name of the customer
The middle name of the customer

The last name of the customer
The style of the customer name
The birthday of the customer
The marital status of the customer
The suffix of the customer
The gender of the customer
The email address of the customer
The yearly income of the customer
The number of children
The at-home children number
The education of the customer
The occupation of the customer
The flag of whether the customer owns a house
The number of cars owned by customer
The address 1 of the customer
The address 2 of the customer
The phone number of the customer
The first purchase date of the customer
The type of customer(Person/Company)
ETL load process ID
description
The primary key of Date table

Date label
Date description
Calendar year
Label of calendar year
Half year
Label of the half year
Quarter of a calendar year
Label of the quarter
Month of a calendar year
Label of the month
Week of a calendar year
Label of the week
Date of a calendar year
Label of the date
Fiscal year
Label of the fiscal year
Half year of a fiscal year

Label of the half fiscal year
Quarter of a fiscal year
Label of the fiscal quarter
Month of a fiscal year
Label of the fiscal month
Whether it is a work day
Whether it is a holiday
The name of the holiday if it is a holiday
The marketing season in Europe.
The marketing season in North America.
The marketing season in Asia.
description
The primary key of employee table

The key of direct report manager
First name
Last name
Middle name
The title of the employee
The hire date
The birth date of the employee
The email address of the employee
The phone number of the employee
The marital status of the employee
Emergency contact name
Emergency contact phone
The flag of salary
The gender of the employee
The pay frequency of the employee
The base rate of the salary
The vacation hours of the employee
Whether is a current employee
Whether is a sales person
The department of the employee belongs to
Hiring start date
Hiring end date
The status of the employee
ETL load process ID
description
The primary key of Entity table

The label of the entity
The key of parent entity
The label of parent entity
The entity name
The entity description
The entity type (Group/Country/Region/Store)
the start date of Entity (used for slow change dimension)
the end date of Entity (used for slow change dimension)
the status of the Entity (Current/Retired)
ETL load process ID
description
The primary key of machine table

The label of machine (POS0128201/POS0100101/)
The store by which the machine is owned
The machine type (the generation of POS or Server: POS01/POS02/SER01/SER03/SWH01/HUB01/.)
The machine name
The machine description
Procurement vendor
Operating system
Machine location (Store/Data Center)
Hardware configuration
Software configuration
The status of the machine (Active/Decommission)
Service start date
Service decommission date
The last updated date.
ETL load process ID
description
The
The
The
The
primary key of outage table

label of outage
outage name
outage description
The outage type (Hardware/Software/Network/Maintenance..)

The outage type description
The sub type of the outage (Hardware Memory/Array Controller/Fiber Channel)
The outage sub type description
ETL load process ID
description
The primary key of Product table

The label of product
The name of product
The description of product
The key of product sub category
The manufacturer of the product
The brand name of the product
The Consumption class ID of the product
The Consumption class name (Economy/Middle/Luxury/Null)
The style ID of the product
The style name of the product (Professional/Home/...)
The color ID of the product
The product color name (Red/Blue/Black/...)
The size of the product
The allowable maximum size of the product
The size unit ID
The weight of the product
The weight unit ID
The unit measure ID
The name of unit measure
The ID of stock type
The name of stock type (High/Mid/Low)
The unit product cost
The suggested unit price
Start selling date
Stop selling date
Selling status
Image URL address
URL address
ETL load process ID
description
The primary key of ProductCategory table

The label of the category
The category name (AUDIO/TV&VEDIO/COMPUTERS/CELLPHONES...)
The details of the category
ETL load process ID
description
Primary Key
The label of the subcategory
The subcategory's name(Televisions/VCD&DVD/Home Theater System/Accessories)
The details of the subcategory
Which category the subcategory belongs to
ETL load process ID
description
The primary key of Promotion table

The label of the promotion plan
Promotion's name
The details of the promotion
Discount rate
The type of the promotion plan (No Discount/Excess Inventory/Seasonal Discount)
The category of the promotion (Store/Customer)
The minimum quantity
The maximum quantity
The start date of the promotion plan
The end date of the promotion plan
ETL load process ID
description
The primary key of sales territory table

The foreign key linked to DimGeography table
The label of the sales territory
The sales territory name.(Contoso Redmond Store/Contoso New York Store/...)

The region of the sales territory (Colorado/Wisconsin/Texas/Florida)
The country of the sales territory (United States/UK/Switzerland)
The group of the sales territory (North American/Asian/European )
The sales territory level
The manager name of the sales territory
Start date (used for slow change dimension)
Retired date (used for slow change dimension)
the status of the sales territory (Current/Retired)
ETL load process ID
description
The primary key of Scenario table.

The label of the scenario
Scenario's name(Actual/Budget/Forecast)
The details of the scenario
ETL load process ID
description
The primary key of Store table

The foreign key pointed to DimGeography table
The manager of the store
The type of the store (Online/Catalog/Store)
The store's name
The details of the store
The status of the store (Open/Close)
The open date of the store
The close date of the store
The key pointed to DimEntity, DimStore is the subset of DimEntity
The zip code
The zip code's extension
The phone number of the store
The fax number of the store
The store address
The store address
Why the store close
The number of the store staf
The size of the store

The last remodel day of the store
The store's geography location
The store's geometry location
ETL load process ID
description
The primary key of Geography table

The type of geography (Continent/RegionCountry/StateProvince/City)
The Continent Name (Asia/Europe/North America)
The City Name (New York/Redmond/Las Vegas)
The State or Province Name (Colorado/Wisconsin/Texas/Florida)
The Country or Region Name (United States/Canada/Switzerland)
The geometry location data
ETL load process ID
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Table Name
FactExchangeRate (Contains exchange rates converted from other currency to
COLUMNS
TYPE
ExchangeRateKey
CurrencyKey
DateKey
AverageRate
EndOfDayRate
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
int
datetime
float
float
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
FactInventory (Summary table, containes per store per product weekly invento
COLUMNS
TYPE
InventoryKey
DateKey
StoreKey
ProductKey
CurrencyKey
OnHandQuantity
OnOrderQuantity
SafetyStockQuantity
UnitCost
DaysInStock
MinDayInStock
MaxDayInStock
Aging
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
datetime
int
int
int
int
int
int
money
int
int
int
int
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
FactITMachine (Contains machine procurement and maintenance costs)
COLUMNS
TYPE
ITMachinekey
MachineKey
Datekey
CostAmount
CostType
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
int
datetime
money
nvarchar
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
FactITSLA (Contains outage information)
COLUMNS
TYPE
LENGTH
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4
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ITSLAkey
DateKey
StoreKey
MachineKey
OutageKey
OutageStartTime
OutageEndTime
DownTime
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
datetime
int
int
int
datetime
datetime
int
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
FactSales (Summary table, contains per store per product daily sales data)
COLUMNS
TYPE
SalesKey
DateKey
ChannelKey
StoreKey
ProductKey
PromotionKey
CurrencyKey
UnitCost
UnitPrice
SalesQuantity
ReturnQuantity
ReturnAmount
DiscountQuantity
DiscountAmount
TotalCost
SalesAmount
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
datetime
int
int
int
int
int
money
money
int
int
money
int
money
money
money
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
FactSalesQuota (Sales operational plan, not only contains Planning/Forecasti
COLUMNS
TYPE
SalesQuotaKey
StoreKey
ProductKey
ChannelKey
DateKey
CurrencyKey
ScenarioKey
int
int
int
int
datetime
int
int
4
4
4
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SalesAmountQuota
SalesQuantityQuota
GrossMarginQuota
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
money
money
money
int
datetime
datetime
8
8
8
4
8
8
Table Name
FactStrategyPlan (Corporate strategic plan, contains the whole group's month
COLUMNS
TYPE
StrategyPlanKey
Datekey
EntityKey
ScenarioKey
AccountKey
CurrencyKey
ProductCategoryKey
Amount
ETLLoadID
LoadDate
UpdateDate
int
datetime
int
int
int
int
int
money
int
datetime
datetime
Table Name
FactOnlineSales (Sales transactional data, contains each sales transactions o
COLUMNS
TYPE
OnlineSalesKey
DateKey
StoreKey
ProductKey
PromotionKey
CurrencyKey
CustomerKey
SalesOrderNumber
SalesOrderLineNumber
SalesQuantity
SalesAmount
ReturnQuantity
ReturnAmount
DiscountQuantity
DiscountAmount
TotalCost
UnitCost
UnitPrice
ETLLoadID
int
datetime
int
int
int
int
int
nvarchar
int
int
money
int
money
int
money
money
money
money
int
LENGTH
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LoadDate
UpdateDate
datetime
datetime
8
8
s exchange rates converted from other currency to basic currency of Contoso Corporate)
DISCRIPTION
The Primary Key

The foreign key pointed to PK in DimCurrency
Table DimDate's Primary Key
Average rate of the day
The rate in the end of the day
ETL load process ID
Load date, used for ETL
Update date, used for ETL
ble, containes per store per product weekly inventory data)

DISCRIPTION
Table FactInventory's Primary Key

Foreign key pointed to PK in DimDate
Foreign key pointed to PK in DimStore
Foreign key pointed to PK in DimProduct
Foreign key pointed to PK in DimCurrency
The avaliable Quantity of products
The ordered Quantity of products
The Quantity of safety stock
The average unit cost of a product
The days of the products stayed in the stock
The minimum days of the products stayed in the stock
The maximum days of the products stayed in the stock
The days that goods in stock can meet sales needs
ETL load process ID
achine procurement and maintenance costs)

DISCRIPTION
Table FactITMachine's Primary Key

Foreign key linked to PK in DimMachine
Foreign key linked to PK in DimDate
The actual cost of each machine
The Machine Cost Type(Maintenance/Purchase/...)
ETL load process ID
information)
DISCRIPTION
Table FactITSLA's Primary Key

Foreign key linked to PK in DimStore
Foreign key linked to PK inDimMachine
Foreign key linked to PK in DimOutage
The time when the outage happened
The time when the outage resolved
The machine down time
ETL load process ID
contains per store per product daily sales data)

DISCRIPTION
Table FactSales's Primary Key

Foreign key linked to PK in DimChannel
Foreign key linked to PK in DimProduct
Foreign key linked to PK in DimPromotion
Foreign key linked to PK in Currency
The unit cost of product
The unit price of product
Sale quantity
Returned quantity
Returned amount
Discount quantity
Discount amount
Total cost
Total sales amount
ETL load process ID
ational plan, not only contains Planning/Forecasting/Budgeting data, but also contains actual sales data)
DISCRIPTION
Table FactSalesQuota's Primary Key

Foreign key linked to PK in DimChannel
Foreign key linked to PK in DimCurrency
Foreign key linked to PK in DimScenario
The sales amount data

The sales quantity data
The Gross Margin data
ETL load process ID
e strategic plan, contains the whole group's monthly Actual/Forecasting/Budgeting Profit & Loss data)
DISCRIPTION
Table FactStrategyPlan's Primary Key

Foreign key linked to PK in DimEntity
Foreign key linked to PK in DimScenario
Foreign key linked to PK in DimAccount
Foreign key linked to PK in DimCurrency
Foreign key linked to PK in DimProductCategory
The amount of Actual/budget/forecast
ETL load process ID
sactional data, contains each sales transactions occurred in on-line store)

DISCRIPTION
Table FactOnlineSales's Primary Key

Foreign key linked to PK in DimPromotion
Foreign key linked to PK in Currency
Foreign key linked to PK in Customer
The PO number
Line item of a specific Sales Order
Sale quantity
Sales amount
The quantity of return goods
The amount of return goods
Discount quantity
Discount amount
Total cost
Unit cost
Unit price
ETL load process ID

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Dimensions
Promotion
Currency
Channel
Machine
Scenario
Geography
Customer
Account
Employee
Product
Store
Sales Territory
Entity
Outage
Date
Cube (Perspective)
Dimensions
Promotion
Currency
Channel
Scenario
Employee
Geography
Product
Store
SalesTerritory
Entity
Date
Measure Group
Sales
Sales Quota
Exchange Rate
Calculated Members
KPIs
Name set
Cube (Perspective)
Dimensions
Product
Geography
Store
Currency
Date
Entity
SalesTerritory
Employee
Measure Group
Inventory
Exchange Rate
Calculation Members
KPI
Cube (Perspective)
Dimensions
Machine
Store
Outage
Fact IT Machine
Geography
Date
Entity
Employee
SalesTerritory
Measure Group
IT SLA
IT Machine
Machine
Calculated Members
KPI
Cube
Dimensions
Scenario
Account
Entity
Currency
Product
Date
Channel
Measure Group
Strategy Plan
Exchange Rate
Calculated Members
KPI
Data Mining
Name
Customer Classification
Customer Promotion
Basket Analysis
Product Forecast
Hierarchy Name
Geography Hierarchy
Account Level
Employee Level
Product Hierarchy
Geography Hierarchy
Sales Territory Hierarchy
Entity Level
Outage Type Hierarchy
Calendar YQMD
Calendar YWD
Fiscal YQM
Operation(Sales)
Hierarchy Name
Measure Name
Sales
Sales
Sales
Sales
Sales
Sales
Sales
Quantity
Amount
Discount Amount
Discount Quantity
Return Quantity
Return Amount
Total Cost
Sales Unit Cost

Sales Unit Price
Sales Quota Amount
Sales Quota Quantity
Sales Quota Gross Margin
Monthly Average Rate
End Of Day Rate
Member Name
Sales Gross Margin
Sales Amount Growth (Fiscal Year)
Sales Gross Margin Growth (Fiscal Year)
Sales Return Amount Growth (Fiscal Year)
Sales Total Cost Growth (Fiscal Year)
Sales Discount Amount Growth (Fiscal Year)
Sales Amount Growth (Calendar Year)
Sales Gross Margin Growth (Calendar Year)
Sales Return Amount Growth (Calendar Year)
Sales Total Cost Growth (Calendar Year)
Sales Discount Amount Growth (Calendar Year)
Period on Period Growth Sales Amount (Fiscal Year)

Period on Period Growth Sales Gross Margin (Fiscal Year)
Period on Period Growth Sales Return Amount (Fiscal Year)

Period on Period Growth Sales Total Cost (Fiscal Year)
Period on Period Growth Sales Discount Amount (Fiscal Year)
Period on Period Growth Sales Amount (Calendar Year)
Period on Period Growth Sales Gross Margin (Calendar Year)
Period on Period Growth Sales Return Amount (Calendar Year)

Period on Period Growth Sales Total Cost (Calendar Year)
Period on Period Growth Sales Discount Amount (Calendar Year)

Revenue
Product Gross Profit Margin
Channel Revenue
Today, Last 30 Days, This Month, Last 6 Months, Last Year, This Year
Top 50 Products, Top 10 Stores
Operation(Inventory)
Name
Formulas
Inventory On Hand Quantity

Inventory On Order Quantity
Inventory Safety Stock Quantity
Inventory Unit Cost
Inventory Days In Stock
Inventory Min Day In Stock
Inventory Max Day In Stock
Inventory Aging
Inventory Row Count
End Of Day Rate
Name
Period on Period Change in On-hand Quantity (Fiscal Year)
Period on Period Change in On-order Quantity (Fiscal Year)
On Hand Quantity Growth (Fiscal Year)
On Order Quantity Growth (Fiscal Year)

Inventory On Hand Quantity Avg
Inventory
Inventory
Inventory
Inventory
On Order Quantity Avg

Days In Stock Avg
Aging Avg
Unit Cost Avg
Inventory Safety Stock Quantity Avg

Formulas
Operation(IT Machine)
Hierarchy
Formulas
IT Machine Down Time

IT Machine Down Counts
IT Machine Cost
Machine Quantity
Formulas
Formulas
Strategy Plan
Hierarchy
Formulas
Strategy Plan Amount

End Of Day Rate
Name
Period on Period of Amount (Fiscal Year)

Period on Period of Amount (?Calendar Year?)
Amount Growth (Fiscal Year)
Amount Growth (Calendar Year)

Formulas
Scenario
Customer Classification by Sales revenue

Camcorder Seasonal promotion sales analysis by customer
Product sales Basket Analysis
Sales revenue forecast by product category
Hierarchy
Continent Name<-Region Country Name<-State Province Name<-City Name

Parent -child
Parent -child
Product Category<- Product Subcategory <-Product
Region/Country<- State <-City<- Store
Sales Territory Group<-Sales Territory Country<-Sales Territory Region<-Sales Territory
Name
Parent-Child: Group<-Region/Country<- State <- Store
Outage type<-Outage Sub type<-Outage name
Calendar Year<-Calendar Quarter<-Calendar Month<-Day
Calendar Year<-Calendar Week<-Week day<-Day
Fiscal Year<-Fiscal Half Year<-Fiscal Quarter<-Fiscal Month
Hierarchy
Formulas
Formulas
[Measures].[Sales Amount]-[Measures].[Sales Total Cost]-[Measures].[Sales Return

Amount]
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales Amount] = 0
then 0
ELSE (([Measures].[Sales Amount] - [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales
Amount] ) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales Amount])
END
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales Gross Margin] = 0
then 0
ELSE ( ([Measures].[Sales Gross Margin] - [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales
Gross Margin]) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales Gross Margin] )
END
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales Return Amount] = 0
then 0
ELSE ( ([Measures].[Sales Return Amount] - [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY
Sales Return Amount]) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales Return Amount] )
END
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales Total Cost] = 0
then 0
ELSE ( ([Measures].[Sales Total Cost] - [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales
Total Cost]) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales Total Cost] )
END
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales Discount Amount] = 0
then 0
ELSE ( ([Measures].[Sales Discount Amount] - [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY
Sales Discount Amount]) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last FY Sales Discount
Amount] )
END
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar Sales Amount] = 0
then 0
ELSE (([Measures].[Sales Amount] - [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar Sales
Amount] ) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar Sales Amount] )
END
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar Sales Gross Margin] = 0
then 0
ELSE ( ([Measures].[Sales Gross Margin] - [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar
Sales Gross Margin] ) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar Sales Gross
Margin] )
END
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar Sales Return Amount] = 0
then 0
ELSE ( ([Measures].[Sales Return Amount] - [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last
Calendar Sales Return Amount]) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar Sales
Return Amount] )
END
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar Sales Total Cost] = 0
then 0
ELSE ( ([Measures].[Sales Total Cost] - [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar
Sales Total Cost]) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar Sales Total Cost])
END
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar Sales Discount Amount] = 0
then 0
ELSE ( ([Measures].[Sales Discount Amount] - [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last
Calendar Sales Discount Amount]) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of Last Calendar Sales
Discount Amount] )
END
( parallelperiod( [Date].[Fiscal YQM].[Fiscal Year], 1, [Date].[Fiscal

YQM].currentmember),
[Measures].[Sales Amount])
YQM].currentmember),[Measures].[Sales Gross Margin])
[Measures].[Sales Return Amount])
YQM].currentmember),[Measures].[Sales Total Cost])
YQM].currentmember),[Measures].[Sales Discount Amount])
( parallelperiod( [Date].[Calendar YQMD].[Calendar Year], 1, [Date].[Calendar
YQMD].currentmember), [Measures].[Sales Amount])
YQMD].currentmember), [Measures].[Sales Gross Margin])
YQMD].currentmember), [Measures].[Sales Return Amount])
YQMD].currentmember), [Measures].[Sales Total Cost])
YQMD].currentmember), [Measures].[Sales Discount Amount])
Hierarchy
Formulas

[Measures].[Inventory On Hand Quantity])
[Measures].[Inventory On Order Quantity])
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of LFY On Hand Quantity] = 0
then 0
ELSE (( [Measures].[Inventory On Hand Quantity] - [Measures].[Parallel Period
Of LFY On Hand Quantity] ) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of LFY On Hand
Quantity] )
END
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of LFY On Order Quantity] = 0
then 0
ELSE (( [Measures].[Inventory On Order Quantity] - [Measures].[Parallel Period
Of LFY On Order Quantity] ) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of LFY On Order
Quantity] )
END
[Measures].[Inventory On Hand Quantity]/[Measures].[Inventory Row Count]
[Measures].[Inventory
On Order Quantity]/[Measures].[Inventory Row Count]

Days In Stock]/[Measures].[Inventory Row Count]
Aging]/[Measures].[Inventory Row Count]
Unit Cost]/[Measures].[Inventory Row Count]
[Measures].[Inventory Unit Cost]/[Measures].[Inventory Row Count]
Formulas

[Measures].[Strategy Plan Amount])
YQMD].currentmember),
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of LFY Amount] = 0
then 0
ELSE (([Measures].[Strategy Plan Amount] - [Measures].[Parallel Period Of LFY
Amount]) / [Measures].[Parallel Period Of LFY Amount])
END
case
when [Measures].[Parallel Period Of LY Amount] = 0
then 0
ELSE (([Measures].[Strategy Plan Amount] - [Measures].[Parallel Period Of LY Amount])
/ [Measures].[Parallel Period Of LY Amount])
END
Algorithm
Microsoft_Clustering
Microsoft_Decision_Trees
Microsoft_Association_Rules
Microsoft_Time_Series
NOTES
P&L accounts
NOTES
NOTES
NOTES
Growth rate compare to the same period of last fiscal

Year/Quarter/Month/Week/Day
Growth rate compare to the same period of last calendar

Invisible: can't see from measures.

Invisible
Invisible
Invisible
Invisible
Invisible
Invisible
Invisible
Invisible
Invisible
NOTES
NOTES
NOTES
Sum
Sum
Invisible(sum)
Invisible(sum)
Invisible(sum)
Min
Max
Invisible(sum)
Invisible(Row Count )
NOTES
Invisible: used in calculation. Invisible to users.
Invisible

NOTES
NOTES
NOTES
NOTES
NOTES
NOTES
Actual/Budget/Forecast
NOTES
NOTES
Invisible
Invisible

Growth rate compare to the same period of last calendar

NOTES
Data Source
V_Customer
V_CustomerPromotion
V_OnlineSalesOrder\V_OnlineSalesOrderDetail
V_ProductForecast
View Name
V_Customer(Used for Data Mining - Customer Classification)
COLUMNS
TYPE
CustomerKey
Age
MaritalStatus
Gender
YearlyIncome
TotalChildren
Education
HouseOwnerFlag
NumberCarsOwned
Consumption
int
int
nchar
nvarchar
money
tinyint
tinyint
nvarchar
nchar
tinyint
money
View Name
V_CustomerPromotion(Used for Data Mining - Customer Promotion )
COLUMNS
TYPE
CustomerKey
PromotionKey
PromotionName
PromotionType
ProductKey
MaritalStatus
Gender
YearlyIncome
TotalChildren
Education
Age
HouseOwnerFlag
NumberCarsOwned
int
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
money
tinyint
tinyint
nvarchar
int
nchar
tinyint
View Name
V_OnlineSalesOrder (Used for Data Mining - Basket Analysis )
COLUMNS
TYPE
OrderNumber
CustomerKey
Region
IncomeGroup
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
View Name
V_OnlineSalesOrderDetail (Used for Data Mining - Basket Analysis )
COLUMNS
TYPE
OrderNumber
LineNumber
Product
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
LENGTH
4
4
1
1
8
1
1
40
1
1
8
LENGTH
4
4
20
50
4
1
1
8
1
1
40
4
1
1
LENGTH
20
4
100
8
LENGTH
20
4
500
View Name
V_CustomerOrders (Used for Data Mining - Basket Analysis, sub view
COLUMNS
TYPE
OrderNumber
LineNumber
CalendarYear
FiscalYear
Month
ProductCategoryName
ProductSubcategory
Product
CustomerKey
Region
IncomeGroup
Age
Quantity
Amount
nvarchar
int
int
int
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
nvarchar
nvarchar
int
int
money
View Name
V_ProductForecast(Used for Data Mining - Product Forecast )
COLUMNS
TYPE
CalendarMonth
ReportDate
ProductCategoryName
SalesQuantity
SalesAmount
int
date
nvarchar
int
money
LENGTH
20
4
4
4
4
30
50
500
4
100
8
4
4
8
LENGTH
4
8
30
4
8
ing - Customer Classification)

description
Customer key
The age of the customer
The children number of the customer
The flag of whether the customer owns a house
The number of cars owned by customer
The Consumption of the customer
or Data Mining - Customer Promotion )

description
Customer key
Promotion key
Promotion's name
The type of the promotion plan(No Discount/Excess Inventory/Seasonal Discount)
Product Key
The children number of the customer
The customer's age when purchased the product
Whether the customer owns a house.
The number of cars owned by the customer
Data Mining - Basket Analysis )

description
The Sales Order of Transaction

Customer key
The Income level of the Customer (Low/High/Moderate)
ed for Data Mining - Basket Analysis )

description

The Sales Order Line number of Transaction
The name of product.
Data Mining - Basket Analysis, sub view of V_OnlineSalesOrder and V_OnlineSalesOrderDetail)

description

Line item of a specific Sales Order
Calendar year
Fiscal year
Calendar Month
The category name(AUDIO/TV&VEDIO/COMPUTERS/CELLPHONES...)
The subcategory name(Televisions/VCD&DVD/Home Theater System/Accessories)
The name of product
Customer key
The Income Group of the Customer (Low/High/Moderate)
The customer's age when purchased the product
Sales quantity
Sales amount
ata Mining - Product Forecast )

description
Calendar month
The First day of the month
The category name (AUDIO/TV&VEDIO/COMPUTERS/CELLPHONES...)
The sales quantity
The sales amount
NOTES
NOTES
NOTES
NOTES
NOTES
NOTES

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Table Name

The primary key of account table

The primary key of channel table

The primary key of currency table

The primary key of customer table

The middle name of the customer

The primary key of Date table

Half year of a fiscal year

The primary key of employee table

The primary key of Entity table

The primary key of machine table

primary key of outage table

The outage type (Hardware/Software/Network/Maintenance..)

The primary key of Product table

The primary key of ProductCategory table

The primary key of Promotion table

The primary key of sales territory table

The sales territory name.(Contoso Redmond Store/Contoso New York Store/...)

The primary key of Scenario table.

The primary key of Store table

The size of the store

The primary key of Geography table

FactExchangeRate (Contains exchange rates converted from other currency to

FactITMachine (Contains machine procurement and maintenance costs)

FactITSLA (Contains outage information)

FactSalesQuota (Sales operational plan, not only contains Planning/Forecasti

FactStrategyPlan (Corporate strategic plan, contains the whole group's month

FactOnlineSales (Sales transactional data, contains each sales transactions o

The Primary Key

ble, containes per store per product weekly inventory data)

Table FactInventory's Primary Key

achine procurement and maintenance costs)

Table FactITMachine's Primary Key

Table FactITSLA's Primary Key

contains per store per product daily sales data)

Table FactSales's Primary Key

Table FactSalesQuota's Primary Key

The sales amount data

Table FactStrategyPlan's Primary Key

sactional data, contains each sales transactions occurred in on-line store)

Table FactOnlineSales's Primary Key

Loaded date, used for ETL

Sales Unit Cost

Sales Gross Margin

Sales Amount Growth (Fiscal Year)

Sales Gross Margin Growth (Fiscal Year)

Sales Return Amount Growth (Fiscal Year)

Sales Total Cost Growth (Fiscal Year)

Sales Discount Amount Growth (Fiscal Year)

Sales Amount Growth (Calendar Year)

Sales Gross Margin Growth (Calendar Year)

Sales Return Amount Growth (Calendar Year)

Sales Total Cost Growth (Calendar Year)

Sales Discount Amount Growth (Calendar Year)

Period on Period Growth Sales Amount (Fiscal Year)

Period on Period Growth Sales Return Amount (Fiscal Year)

Period on Period Growth Sales Gross Margin (Calendar Year)

Period on Period Growth Sales Return Amount (Calendar Year)

Period on Period Growth Sales Discount Amount (Calendar Year)

Inventory On Hand Quantity

Period on Period Change in On-hand Quantity (Fiscal Year)

Period on Period Change in On-order Quantity (Fiscal Year)

On Hand Quantity Growth (Fiscal Year)