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Fixing small documentation typos
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dantownsend committed Jul 14, 2016
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DegenerateDimension
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A `DegenerateDimension` stores the dimension value in the fact itself, rather than using a foreign key to a dimension table, as is it the case with `DimensionKey`.
A `DegenerateDimension` stores the dimension value in the fact itself, rather than using a foreign key to a dimension table, as is the case with `DimensionKey`.

Use `DegenerateDimension` when the dimension doesn't warrant its own table - for example, in a sales fact there might be an order_id. Having this in a separate table doesn't save any space, and results in an unneccessary join.

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