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Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Analysis Services Step by Step
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Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Analysis Services Step by Step

by Scott Cameron
April 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
448 pages
14h 1m
English
Microsoft Press
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Creating a Many-to-Many Dimension

Typically, a record in a fact table is related to only one record in a dimension table, but a dimension record may be related to many fact table records. For example, each order line is for a single product, but that product may have many order lines. The product dimension and the sales measures have a one-to-many relationship. When a dimension and a measure a have one-to-many relationship, the total value of the measure is equal to the sum of the values of the measure of each of the individual dimension members.

In some situations, a single record in a fact table can be related to multiple records in a dimension table. For example, the Adventure Works sales department often has several account managers working ...

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