Building a Dimension from two separate tables
PabloC2Sep 11 2008 — edited Sep 11 2008Hello there,
I need some help trying to build a dimension / hierarchy in the Business Model layer using Administrator . The situation is the following:
I have two different logical tables DATE and TIME. I created a DATE Dimension from the DATE Table which goes like this:
DATE DIM: Year --> Quarter --> Month --> Day
and a TIME Dimension from the TIME Table :
TIME DIM: Hours --> Minutes
Now, I'm having problems trying to build a unique dimension that will allow me to drill down from Days (lowest level in DATE Dim) to Hours (Highest level in TIME Dim).
Is there a way to build a unique dimension having these to separate tables? (Drill down from Days to Hours).
The only solution that I found was to build a view from the DATE Table and TIME Table and then create a dimension on top of that view, but this might bring performance issues to my model.
Thanks for your Help.
Pablo.
Edited by: PabloC2 on Sep 11, 2008 10:29 AM