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Populate a Date Dimension Table - Code from Kimball?
drop table if exists dim_date;
CREATE TABLE dim_date(
date_key int NOT NULL,
full_date date NULL,
date_name char(11) NOT NULL,
date_name_us char(11) NOT NULL,
date_name_eu char(11) NOT NULL,
day_of_week tinyint NOT NULL,
day_name_of_week char(10) NOT NULL,
day_of_month tinyint NOT NULL,
day_of_year smallint NOT NULL,
weekday_weekend char(10) NOT NULL,
week_of_year tinyint NOT NULL,
month_name char(10) NOT NULL,
month_of_year tinyint NOT NULL,
is_last_day_of_month char(1) NOT NULL,
calendar_quarter tinyint NOT NULL,
calendar_year smallint NOT NULL,
calendar_year_month char(10) NOT NULL,
calendar_year_qtr char(10) NOT NULL,
fiscal_month_of_year tinyint NOT NULL,
fiscal_quarter tinyint NOT NULL,
fiscal_year int NOT NULL,
fiscal_year_month char(10) NOT NULL,
fiscal_year_qtr char(10) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`date_key`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
delimiter //
drop procedure if exists PopulateDateDimension//
CREATE PROCEDURE PopulateDateDimension(BeginDate DATETIME, EndDate DATETIME)
BEGIN
DECLARE LastDayOfMon CHAR(1);
DECLARE FiscalYearMonthsOffset INT;
DECLARE DateCounter DATETIME; #Current date in loop
DECLARE FiscalCounter DATETIME; #Fiscal Year Date in loop
# Set this to the number of months to add to the current date to get
# the beginning of the Fiscal year. For example, if the Fiscal year
# begins July 1, put a 6 there.
# Negative values are also allowed, thus if your 2010 Fiscal year
# begins in July of 2009, put a -6.
SET FiscalYearMonthsOffset = 6;
# Start the counter at the begin date
SET DateCounter = BeginDate;
WHILE DateCounter <= EndDate DO
# Calculate the current Fiscal date as an offset of
# the current date in the loop
SET FiscalCounter = DATE_ADD(DateCounter, INTERVAL FiscalYearMonthsOffset MONTH);
# Set value for IsLastDayOfMonth
IF MONTH(DateCounter) = MONTH(DATE_ADD(DateCounter, INTERVAL 1 DAY)) THEN
SET LastDayOfMon = 'N';
ELSE
SET LastDayOfMon = 'Y';
END IF;
# add a record into the date dimension table for this date
INSERT INTO dim_date
(date_key
,full_date
,date_name
,date_name_us
,date_name_eu
,day_of_week
,day_name_of_week
,day_of_month
,day_of_year
,weekday_weekend
,week_of_year
,month_name
,month_of_year
,is_last_day_of_month
,calendar_quarter
,calendar_year
,calendar_year_month
,calendar_year_qtr
,fiscal_month_of_year
,fiscal_quarter
,fiscal_year
,fiscal_year_month
,fiscal_year_qtr)
VALUES (
( YEAR(DateCounter) * 10000 ) + ( MONTH(DateCounter)
* 100 )
+ DAY(DateCounter) #DateKey
, DateCounter # FullDate
, CONCAT(CAST(YEAR(DateCounter) AS CHAR(4)),'/',DATE_FORMAT(DateCounter,'%m'),'/',DATE_FORMAT(DateCounter,'%d')) #DateName
, CONCAT(DATE_FORMAT(DateCounter,'%m'),'/',DATE_FORMAT(DateCounter,'%d'),'/',CAST(YEAR(DateCounter) AS CHAR(4)))#DateNameUS
, CONCAT(DATE_FORMAT(DateCounter,'%d'),'/',DATE_FORMAT(DateCounter,'%m'),'/',CAST(YEAR(DateCounter) AS CHAR(4)))#DateNameEU
, DAYOFWEEK(DateCounter) #DayOfWeek
, DAYNAME(DateCounter) #DayNameOfWeek
, DAYOFMONTH(DateCounter) #DayOfMonth
, DAYOFYEAR(DateCounter) #DayOfYear
, CASE DAYNAME(DateCounter)
WHEN 'Saturday' THEN 'Weekend'
WHEN 'Sunday' THEN 'Weekend'
ELSE 'Weekday'
END #WeekdayWeekend
, WEEKOFYEAR(DateCounter) #WeekOfYear
, MONTHNAME(DateCounter) #MonthName
, MONTH(DateCounter) #MonthOfYear
, LastDayOfMon #IsLastDayOfMonth
, QUARTER(DateCounter) #CalendarQuarter
, YEAR(DateCounter) #CalendarYear
, CONCAT(CAST(YEAR(DateCounter) AS CHAR(4)),'-',DATE_FORMAT(DateCounter,'%m')) #CalendarYearMonth
, CONCAT(CAST(YEAR(DateCounter) AS CHAR(4)),'Q',QUARTER(DateCounter)) #CalendarYearQtr
, MONTH(FiscalCounter) #[FiscalMonthOfYear]
, QUARTER(FiscalCounter) #[FiscalQuarter]
, YEAR(FiscalCounter) #[FiscalYear]
, CONCAT(CAST(YEAR(FiscalCounter) AS CHAR(4)),'-',DATE_FORMAT(FiscalCounter,'%m')) #[FiscalYearMonth]
, CONCAT(CAST(YEAR(FiscalCounter) AS CHAR(4)),'Q',QUARTER(FiscalCounter)) #[FiscalYearQtr]
);
# Increment the date counter for next pass thru the loop
SET DateCounter = DATE_ADD(DateCounter, INTERVAL 1 DAY);
END WHILE;
END//
CALL PopulateDateDimension('2010/01/01', '2025/12/31');
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