Attribute dimension mapping

Hi to all,
I have my application with 11 dimensions and 3 attribute dimensions... . When we generate our metada.ads for loading to the app, we see the diferent elements for the dimension SKU mapped with the attributes, but when we make the load for the dimension, we don´t have any element of the SKU dimension (product dimension) mapped with the attributes, and we have no error message........
Any suggestion?
We generate the metadata.ads through EPMA File generator in Excel 2007....
Thanks in advance
David.

Hi David,
A couple of pointers maybe:
- Have you applied the latest EPMA patches?
- What version are you on exactly? 11.1.1.3 or 11.1.2.x?
- We had a similar issue where some attribute dimension mappings werent exported caused by the fact that although the attribute dimension was associated with a base dimension in Planning, this association did not exist in EPMA. The strange thing is that we were still able to deploy the app with no errors. In our Planning app properties we do have a EDIT_DIM_ENABLED - true propery that enables to make changes to Planning directly. I think this is where the issue started.
Hope this helps.
Seb

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the table expression mapping mode which gives the same effect.. dragging a column onto an attribute sets the expression in <schema>.<table>.<column> format.
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Edited by: SG on Jan 22, 2011 3:03 PM
Edited by: SG on Jan 22, 2011 3:04 PM
Edited by: SG on Jan 22, 2011 3:06 PM

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Edited by: AM_1 on Feb 26, 2009 6:35 AM
Edited by: AM_1 on Feb 26, 2009 7:03 AM

Hi Glenn,
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