Controlling Join Path in OBIEE

I have a dimension table that is the central “hub” of our physical data model.
That dimension is joined to 4 different fact tables.
I have a query/graph from a previous project release (all was working fine) that only references 2 of those fact tables.
Now that 2 more fact tables have been brought into the picture for our next release, the query that was working fine is now joining to all 4 fact tables (through the central dimension) even though
I still only need it to join to the original 2 fact tables. I’m not selecting or filtering from any of the 2 new fact tables or their associated dimensions (except the central dimension – which all facts share)
in this query. Yet, all 4 fact tables are invoked. Not sure why obiee is working that way.
I need OBIEE to not invoke a join to a Fact table if no Facts from that fact table are used in the query. The join is affecting the counts in the output and the counts are incorrect.

Hi,
I will not say that's you ... but ...
You have 1 dimension and 4 fact tables: in your dimension LTS the fact tables must not exist as they have nothing to do there.
It's a powerful feature of the tool to split things, your business model must not "physically" connect things directly, it will use the physical model you did to generate the required query.
Maybe it can be unintuitive because you have a "strange" case, in general you have multiple dimensions for one fact table, in your case you have to model a multi-start business model and it can be strange because you have only 1 single dimension. When you will have more complex requirements the role of LTS vs business model joins will really help you.
PS: one last step, close the thread and flag Srini as the good one to help others with similar case, for now it's still This question is Not Answered.

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For the second part I made an analytical view on FMIFIIT making totals based on 3 secondary key fields.
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Message was edited by: Tom Flanagan

Hi Kris,
Did you manage to resolve this? I'm getting the same error now. Can you help me out of this...
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