Database fundamentals
Learn the basics of data and databases.
A short overview of databases
How tables, rows, columns, and keys work together to make a database.
3 min read
Data types and metadata
Why data types matter and how metadata can help you better understand your data.
2 min read
Database table relationships
Understanding how tables in a database can relate to each other.
4 min read
Measures and dimensions
How to work with quantitative and qualitative fields in your queries.
3 min read
Analytics engineering for fact tables
How to model data for a fact table, based on real analytics use cases.
15 min read
Data normalization
What a normalized database looks like and why table structure matters.
7 min read
Data cubes
Thinking about your data in more than two dimensions.
3 min read