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;Choose the business process:
The process of dimensional modeling builds on a 4-step design method that helps to ensure the usability of the dimensional model and the use of the [[data warehouse]]. The basics in the design build on the actual business process which the [[data warehouse]] should cover. Therefore, the first step in the model is to describe the business process which the model builds on. This could for instance be a sales situation in a retail store. To describe the business process, one can choose to do this in plain text or use basic [[Business Process ModelingModel and Notation]] ([[BPMN]]) or other design guides like the Unified Modeling Language ([[Unified Modeling Language|UML]] |UML).
 
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