Hi Luke,
That helped. Thanks... So, the RowKey in HBASE uses the dictionary-ID for a
dimension's value instead of using the actual value.. Is that correct?

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Luke Han <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Sarnath,
>     You are welcome.
>     Kylin has dictionary for all dimensions, so id vs name is no matter,
> just pick up one or both best for your case.
>
>     So memory consumption between denormalized and normalized should just
> be a litter bit different.
>
>     Hope such explain could help you.
>
>     Thanks.
>
>
> Best Regards!
> ---------------------
>
> Luke Han
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 9:20 PM, Sarnath <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Luke,
> > Thanks. This is good to know.
> > Also, Will use of denormalized tables result in more memory consumption
> in
> > kylin than maintaining a normalized one?
> > E.g. It is cheaper to store a country ID than country name.
> > (Or) will kylin build an internal set of IDs and not store the strings
> > directly?
> > Thanks
> > Best,
> > Sarnath
> > On Jul 9, 2015 5:40 PM, "Luke Han" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > HI Sarnath,
> > >     Kylin supports denormalized table, you can generate one flat file
> and
> > > just use it as source to build cube.
> > >
> > >    To leverage Star Schema is easy for people to understand data model,
> > > most of cases are using star schema to store data and so on.
> > >
> > >    Thanks.
> > >
> > > Luke
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards!
> > > ---------------------
> > >
> > > Luke Han
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Sarnath <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Can kylin work with denormalized tables? Or is star schema mandatory?
> > > > Why I ask this is : in hadoop world most tables are denormalized..
> > > > Is there any motivation behind star schema?
> > > > Best,
> > > > Sarnath
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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