#datavault #data-vault
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• Hub
• Link
• Satellite
  
  

• Link with a dependent-child key
• Hierarchy link (HAL)
• Same-as link (SAL)
  
  HAL and SAL are conceptual representations of the relationship, in truth they are simply just links and a link may include a combination of relationships all represented in a single link.
  

• Satellite with dependent-child key
• Multi-active satellite
• Effectivity satellite
  
  

• Record tracking satellite
• Status tracking satellite
  
  

• Extended record tracking satellite
  
  

These are no different to raw vault artefacts except that we are storing the derived output using the above raw vault loading patterns.

• Hub
• Link
• Link with dependent child key
• Exploration link
• Satellite
• Satellite with a dependent-child key
• Multi-active satellite
  
  

Query assistance structures are needed if direct method to get data out of data vault is slow or needs optimisation. This can be achieved by using index optimised data structures that point directly to the indexes in the data vault.

• Point-in-time (PIT) tables
• Bridge tables
  
  

• Views
• Staging