📄️ About AtScale Virtual Models
An AtScale virtual model is a metadata layer that overlays a multi-dimensional model format on top of the datasets stored in a connected data warehouse, such as Google BigQuery. The model is virtual because the data is not moved or processed up front. Instead, the model contains the logic about how to process and optimize the data at query runtime.
📄️ About Star Schema Data Modeling
A star (or snowflake) schema refers to a way of organizing data in a relational database in order to support OLAP queries. AtScale's virtual models rely on star schema data modeling concepts.
📄️ About Measures and Dimensions
In business intelligence (BI) tools such as Tableau or Excel, data plays