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IA14.1 - Dimension Member Override

Welcome to Dimension Member Overrides

Use Dimension Member Overrides (IA14.1) to specify a fixed member name to be
used for a dimension when data is loaded. The fixed member is the exclusive
member that data is loaded to in the dimension.

** Process at a glance
1. Add a member definition
2. (YOU ARE HERE) Specify a fixed member name
3. Assign UDA values to members
4. Map locales and alias tables

** Field Descriptions
Fixed Member Name: Type the member name to be used for the dimension. The
member name is independent of the data source and can contain up to 50
alphanumeric characters.

** See the following procedures
Defining members for data marts


Updated Files

    CKPOINT    - This program updates the CKPOINT data file with the restart
                 position of the recovered batch job.

    DIMDATAREL - The DIMDATAREL data file is the primary data file updated by
                 this program.


Referenced Files

    DATASOURCE - This program references the DATASOURCE data file to validate
                 the existence of a data source.

    OLAPDBM    - This program references the OLAPDBM data file for the
                 existence of the database.

    OLAPDIM    - This program references the OLAPDIM file for the existence of
                 the dimension.