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  • RE: Cube Aggregations

    It is possible to set dimensions so that only certain items show depending on the user. This is too complicated to go into in this environment. You need...

  • RE: Use schema to distinguish between dimension and fact tables

    fact_, dim_ and stg_... can we make this an unofficial standard and pass it along as accepted practice when teaching others? I'm in.

    I use ftblName, dtblName, and my...

  • RE: Analysis services hierarchies

    Without data to analyze, these can only be suggestions, but there is some chance that supplier and country are related. Commodity type is probably independent, so I think you...

  • RE: things i wish i knew at the start

    Almost all your comments seem geared to SSIS. Here are some from SSAS that I wish I'd known at the start.

    1. Beginning in SSAS 2005, the same dimension can...

  • RE: Normalization

    My experience has been that when many developers and DBAs say denormalized, they actually mean unnormalized. You can't reverse what you never did in the first place...

    Completely agree

    Atomicity is...

  • RE: Cube has changed, how to refresh Excel's look at it?

    As no one has posted, I'll just say I hope you solved this. I have never had an issue with using Refresh All to bring any updates into preexisting...

  • RE: Normalization

    Oh how I love (fast and easy) denormalized data; just write your code well enough to keep the tables in sync.

    That is asking a lot. In a large...

  • RE: Normalization

    That's why I feel that normalization rules are really "mostly guidelines"

    "Normalization" is a matter of differering orthodoxies, really. I've seen arguments about whether NULLs should be allowed in "normalized data"...

  • RE: Normalization

    Nice question and an interesting example. Would renaming the columns "Telephone 1" and "Telephone 2" to "Home Phone" and "Mobile Phone" mean that the table was then in 1NF?

    I...

  • RE: one cube or multiple?

    The key issue in deciding if something can be in one cube or broken out is the granularity of the item measured. If the measures are on the same...

  • RE: Adding a new Dimension

    I do like your approach to implement separate markers for "A" and "I" Null Values but I'm a little concerned about the use of zero - as one of them...

  • RE: Adding a new Dimension

    Sorry, but in my view, it's not a valid option. I appreciate this isn't universally accepted, but there are many who would say the same thing.

  • RE: Transaction Lifecycle tracking in Data warehouse

    I don't know what you mean by restricting in this case. I find that the system works very well. One of the fields I track BTW is status....

  • RE: SSIS :: HOW TO: Check if a flat-file has records in it

    First create a package level variable. Insert a row count transformation between the start and end points of the data flow. Assign the output to the variable that...

  • RE: SSIS :: HOW TO: Check if a flat-file has records in it

    I would add a record counter to the error stream. Once done, check the value. If it's more than zero, you have errors.

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