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 Joining 2 Cubes - virtual cube

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davidagnew37
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Posted - 2004-08-12 : 09:10:24
"Dimensions affect all measures in Virtual Cube...."

I have a situation where measure 1 and 2 ("Actual", "Budget") is dimensioned by dimension A, B, C, D. Measure 3 ("Full Year Budget") is dimensioned by A, B, C, E. Therefore I put the measures 1 & 2 in one cube and 3 in another separate cube.

I eventually hope to achieve having a virtual cube with three measures: "Actual", "Budget" and "Full Year Budget".

The dimensions I have are:
a - Account No_ / Name
b - Cost Code
c - Sub Cost Code
d - Time/Dates
e - Budget Name

The Problem is that both "Actual" & "Budget" need to be filtered/dimensioned by:
a - Account No_ / Name
b - Cost Code
c - Sub Cost Code
d - Time/Dates (exclusive to "Actual", "Budget")

BUT "Full Year Budget" needs to be filtered/dimensioned by:
a - Account No_ / Name
b - Cost Code
c - Sub Cost Code
e - Budget Name (exclusive to "Full Year Budget")


The problem being the following dimensions:
- Time/Dates = exclusive to "Actual", "Budget"
- Budget Name = exclusive to "Full Year Budget"

The problem is when I create the virtual Cube, the Dimensions affect ALL measures....perhaps the underlying problem is when I create the two cubes which eventually create the Virtual Cube - in the way that I use shared and private dimensions.

I have tired creating virtual dimensions also. Is this the right direction to go in?
   

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