Data Model objects: Entities

The Data Model includes entities created in the model.

Entities created in the catalog

When a normalized database, typically represented as a star model, is modeled, it is denormalized in the model to allow multiple joins in the same tables. That is, a star model is expanded into a snowflake. (See Star to snowflake model.) Some of this denormalization is done in the Business Intelligence Framework commonly joined tables, such as YFS_PERSON_INFO. Other entities have been duplicated in the Data Model.