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IBM Cognos 10 Platform => Cognos 10 BI => Framework Manager => Topic started by: BenziD on 17 Nov 2011 01:27:41 AM

Title: Set usage - Identifier VS. Attribute
Post by: BenziD on 17 Nov 2011 01:27:41 AM
Hi all
we  are having a  little argument in the team

Facts are numeric, usually additive or semi-additive data.
Identifier s  are  all indexed columns or columns containing business keys.
Attributes are typically all other strings.

If I set the non facts as Identifier, dose it make a difference? Does it influence the model in any operational way? :-\
Title: Re: Set usage - Identifier VS. Attribute
Post by: MFGF on 17 Nov 2011 05:16:54 AM
Two of our moderators had an animated discussion on this topic a good while back. Rather than try to reiterate what they were saying, I will simply point you to the post :)

Enjoy!

http://www.cognoise.com/community/index.php?topic=2497.msg9448#msg9448

MF.