Nikola Ilic reminds us that the Kimball model is alive and well:
Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD) are one of the fundamental concepts in dimensional modeling. If you are not sure what dimensional modeling is, I suggest you first check the series of articles I wrote on data modeling some time ago.
And, when it comes to SCD in particular, SCD Type 2 is rightly considered “the queen” of the SCDs for analytical workloads. Without going into details (since the main goal of this article is to show you HOW to implement the SCD Type 2 in Microsoft Fabric), I’ll just briefly introduce the general concept behind the SCD Type 2.
Click through for a primer and examples in the warehouse and lakehouse.