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You are designing a data warehouse in BigQuery to analyze sales data for a telecommunication service provider. You need to create a data model for customers, products, and subscriptions All customers, products, and subscriptions can be updated monthly, but you must maintain a historical record of all data. You plan to use the visualization layer for current and historical reporting. You need to ensure that the data model is simple, easy-to-use. and cost-effective. What should you do?

A.
Create a normalized model with tables for each entity. Use snapshots before updates to track historical data
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A.
Create a normalized model with tables for each entity. Use snapshots before updates to track historical data
B.
Create a normalized model with tables for each entity. Keep all input files in a Cloud Storage bucket to track historical data
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Create a normalized model with tables for each entity. Keep all input files in a Cloud Storage bucket to track historical data
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Create a denormalized model with nested and repeated fields Update the table and use snapshots to track historical data
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Create a denormalized model with nested and repeated fields Update the table and use snapshots to track historical data
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Create a denormalized, append-only model with nested and repeated fields Use the ingestion timestamp to track historical data.
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D.
Create a denormalized, append-only model with nested and repeated fields Use the ingestion timestamp to track historical data.
Suggested answer: D

Explanation:

- A denormalized, append-only model simplifies query complexity by eliminating the need for joins. - Adding data with an ingestion timestamp allows for easy retrieval of both current and historical states. - Instead of updating records, new records are appended, which maintains historical information without the need to create separate snapshots.

asked 18/09/2024
Fahim Thanawala
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