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truchuynh
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Posted - 2012-01-09 : 15:17:37
Hi,

We have a Survey table with 9 millions records.
We want to create a dimension from this table using field QuestionnaireCode(non numeric) as key.
There are about 8000 disctinct QuestionnaireCode.
So 2 attributes are created: QuestionnaireGroup and QuestionnaireKey
(both using the field QuestionnaireCode).

In the QuestionnaireGroup attribut, the following properties are set:

* DiscretizationBucketCount= 20
* DiscretizationMethod= EqualArea
* EstimatedCount=8000

Result:
Only 3 groups are created (instead of 20).
Why did it happen ?
Any other property that need to be set to get 20 groups?

Note: If DiscretizationBucketCount is reset to 300 then 18 groups are created. (Why ?)

Thanks for all your input.

   

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