Showing posts with label boolean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boolean. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Factless Fact Table

I have a table that stores all instances of when a company restates their finances. There are a number of other columns that have boolean data types in which I can use to filter. Since the records in this table are based on an event, there really isn't "fact" or numerical data.

When I build my cube in AS2005 using VS2005 and select this table as the fact table, I can't seem to get the other attributes (boolean fields) to appear as filters. Do I have to create a dimension using this table too?

For example, one report would be to display all restatements that had a negative impact (as opposed to a positive impact).

Do I have to create a dimension using this table too?


Yes (well, I guess so)
In my case I have to use it too, and I use it in a "WHERE" clause.
Kinda like:
WHERE [Blah].[True]
or something like that :-)