Slowly changing dimension
DATA DIMENSION WHICH CONTAINS RELATIVELY STATIC DATA WHICH CAN CHANGE SLOWLY, BUT UNPREDICTABLY, RATHER THAN ACCORDING TO A REGULAR SCHEDULE
Slowly Changing Dimension; Slowly Changing Dimensions
A slowly changing dimension (SCD) in data management and data warehousing is a dimension which contains relatively static data which can change slowly but unpredictably, rather than according to a regular schedule. Some examples of typical slowly changing dimensions are entities as names of geographical locations, customers, or products.