Creating Dimension Build Rules Files

Dimension build rules files specify how, during dimension builds, dimensions and members are processed. After you create a rules file, you use the file and the data source to perform a dimension build.

  To create a dimension build rules file:

  1. Create a rules file.

  2. Set the file delimiters for the data source.

  3. If you are creating a dimension, name the dimension.

  4. Select a build method.

  5. If necessary, set the properties of the members and dimensions you are building.

  6. If necessary, set record and field operations that, as data is loaded, change the data-source members.

  7. Set field type information, including field type, field number, and dimension.

  8. Validate the rules file.

  9. Save the rules file.

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