Does it make sense store measures in a dimension table?

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Bruce W Cassidy

Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2012 11:44 AM

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I think in most ways you've answered your own question. Another name for "facts" is "measures" (this is the name that SSAS uses.)

Personally, I would pull them out and create summary fact tables ("aggregations") that present the same data.

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