If you are new to Data Models, this page of my new Tutorial will help you understand the Data Model.
There is also a design for a Sales Data Mart, which is very useful for providng data for Reports and Business Intelligence.
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I created these Data Models simply because it was an interesting challenge for the Subject Area Design Patterns.
Subject Area Models have been created for each Area in this top-level Data Model:-