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An Overview of Slowly Changing Dimensions

Reza Rad talks slowly changing dimensions:

If you want to use Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, or any other data analytics tools, one of the key concepts to understand when working with a data warehouse system is the SCD (Slowly Changing Dimension). I will do this in a series of at least two articles. The first one (this one) will be on the concept of what SCD is, its meaning, and its different types. Then, the next one will discuss how to implement SCD types (such as Type 2) using Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.

Reza focuses on SCD types 0-4 but does briefly touch on types 5-7 (of which, I’d never heard of SCD type 7).