When is a cube incrementally updated?
Incremental update of the fact table(s) on a cube takes place under the following circumstances
- The fact table is partitioned on the Data Warehouse
- The cube has the Incremental Update parameter activated
- The destination SQL Server is an Edition that supports multiple partitions (Enterprise Edition)
When processing the cube:
Loop over cube partitions. Based on the DW_PartionKey, search the physical partitions for a partition that matches the cube partition.
If no matching partition is found, process the cube partition to be sure it has been processed.
If a matching partition is found, compare the max value of the DW_TimeStamp for the physical partition with the last updated timestamp for the cube partition. If the DW_TimeStamp value is greater than the last processed timestamp for the cube partition, process the cube partition.
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