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You create a materialized reference dimension between a dimension named Regions and a measure group named Orders. You use a table named Customers as a bridge in shown in the exhibit. (Click the…
The correct answer is C. The Customers dimension. In a materialized reference dimension, SSAS stores intermediate relationship data in the bridge dimension. Reprocessing the bridge (Customers) dimension updates the materialized data without requiring a full cube reprocess.
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- AThe Sales partition
- BThe Regions dimension
- CThe Customers dimension
- DThe Orders partition
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In a materialized reference dimension, SSAS stores intermediate relationship data in the bridge dimension. Reprocessing the bridge (Customers) dimension updates the materialized data without requiring a full cube reprocess.
The Sales partition is a measure group partition and does not store or manage the reference dimension relationship; reprocessing it would not update the materialized linkage.
Regions is the referenced outer dimension, not the intermediate bridge; reprocessing it does not update the materialized data stored through the Customers bridge.
A materialized reference dimension stores a snapshot of the intermediate dimension's key values to speed up query resolution. When the relationship data in the Customers bridge table changes, reprocessing the Customers dimension refreshes the materialized linkage between the Regions dimension and the Orders measure group. This targeted reprocess satisfies the requirement to reflect relationship changes without reprocessing the entire cube.
The Orders partition holds fact data for the measure group and does not contain the materialized reference dimension relationship data that needs updating.
Concept tested: Reprocessing materialized reference dimension bridge
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/analysis-services/multidimensional-models/define-a-referenced-relationship-and-referenced-relationship-properties
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