Hide a specific attribute hierarchy in role playing dimension - SSAS multidimensional
Role playing dimension is a dimension which plays different roles in a fact table. In SSAS multidimensional, a role playing dimension can be used across different cubes and measure groups. Date dimension is the most common example. A date might be appear in various forms such as SaleDate, ReceivedDate, OrderDate, ShipDate etc. Creating a separate dimension for each of these would not be a good approach. Instead, a single date dimension is created and is attached to various measure groups using different keys. In fact, if you have defined a relationship between multiple fact table columns and same dimension key, SSAS multidimensional will add the role playing dimensions automatically as shown below.
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