Slowly Changing Dimensions

Slowly changing dimensions, what a confusing name. This is the sort of term I’ve been hearing for a while now, but never really bothered to properly look up what it actually means. As it turns out, all it means is how you handle row updates/deletes in your data pipelines. Whether you decide to maintain historical data in your tables by appending new rows when a change happens, or you decide to update in place instead. ...

October 30, 2025 · 5 min