Accumulating Snapshot Fact Table

This is the fact table to capture stepwise (fixed steps) business processes. It captures the life cycle of a well-defined process. So, the fact table record is first inserted in the first step of the business process and is updated later after completion of the next step(s). (e.g. from ordering to shipping). Typically, there are multiple date dimension fields (e.g. ordering date and shipping date). The number of days between them could be derived as its measure (e.g. days to close).