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Semiadditive dimensions / measures Cesar Luna
4/13/2004 11:46:04 AM
sql server data warehouse: Hello there

The "issue", that I have, is that the OLAP server sums every measure regardless the type of dimension. For example, suppose that I have a fact table which loads every Friday the account balance for the customers. And for example the account balance is not additive by time as if I cut the date dimension to set it to March 2004, the OLAP server gives the sum off all the balances for March which is makes no sense; so what I do is to set the date dimension to the last value available that I have for which I have data loaded in the fact table, lets say the third Friday of March and the value that I get that way is the right one. The same applies to the debts the customers have

Do you know how to deal with these issue using the OLAP

Thank
Re: Semiadditive dimensions / measures groove_sf
4/20/2004 8:52:09 PM
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:46:04 -0700, "Cesar Luna"
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If you're using Analysis Services, the default measure type is SUM.
But you can change that to count, Distinct count, average, etc.

Average might be useful -- "Average Daily Balance".

Otherwise, I think you need to constrain your query by the most recent
balance by date like you mentioned.
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