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  • 1.  Column Dependencies Documentation

    Posted Wed October 21, 2020 11:27 AM
    Hello,

    Wonder am I misunderstanding something in Scenario 3 as the example relationships and report output don't seem to match up. Looks as if the snippet of table on the left, Employee Training dim, is showing a different set of data.

    Would appreciate clarification as I am struggling with this exact scenario.





    Thanks,
    Jeremy


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  • 2.  RE: Column Dependencies Documentation

    Posted Wed October 21, 2020 10:22 PM

    Hi Jeremy,
    Sorry about that section of the document not being as clear as it could be. I will log a bug with documentation.
    The snippets that are shown in the dimension tables, are of a different area in the table then what is shown in the report result. The concept however is not too far off. I've attached a document that aligns the data in the various tables more clearly with that in the report. Also attached is a spreadsheet with the data that was used in the document. When you upload that file and create a Data Module for it then you should be able to see the different patterns of SQL that are generated depending on the use of column dependency options.

    // Henk



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    ColumnDepData.xlsx   10 KB 1 version
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    HC380 Column Dependency.docx   238 KB 1 version


  • 3.  RE: Column Dependencies Documentation

    Posted Thu October 22, 2020 11:17 AM
    Hi Henk,

    Thank you so much for the explanation and sample file. The generated SQL can become hard to decipher and these two files are very helpful to generate an understandable comparison.

    As always, I really appreciate your guidance!

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