That's a bit of edge case yes..

Thanks for your answer, appreciated!

-- Thibaut

I would suggest that unless it is a FK to a dimension, a degenerate
> dimension (which in this case may have been the case for the duration)
> or a measurement (which also may be the case for the duration) then it
> should not be in the fact table. I think the question of duration is a
> bit sticky because on the one hand it is a measurement, but on the
> other it can have values that are non-numeric if you allow it to do so
> (which you do).
>
> > If I transform it into a dimension, should I split the value into two
> like I
> > suggested, to allow filtering ? Or is there another practice ?
>
> Yes, I think you should separate it into multiple values.
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