Dimension Attributes

Hi
I'm designing a fact table and a dimension table, but the dimension tables are having many level and each level is having many attributes, pls see the following data and pls help me in how to go ahead with this kind of dimension attributes.
A00001 - All
BALANCE_SHEET - Balance Sheet Accounts
ASSETS - Assets
[110000 - 150317]
[151610 - 151620]
[A12110 - A13999]
[A14214] - Short Term Prepaid Assets
[A14999] - Capital Leases
[A15214] - Short Term Prepaid Amort
[A15999] - ACD Capital Leases
FIXED_ASSETS - Fixed Assets
PURCHASED_ASSET - Purchased Assets
PFURN_MACH_EQ - Purch Furniture Machinery Equi
[A14001 - A14003]
[A14099] - Pre-Paid, Maintenance
[A14100 - A14213]
[A14500 - A14900]
PACD_FURN_MACH_EQ - Purch ACD Furn Mach Equip
[A15001 - A15003]
[A15099] - ACD: Pre-Paid Maintenance
[A15100 - A15213]
[A15300] - ACD: Building Improvements
[A15500 - A15900]
LEASE_ASSETS - Lease Assets
LLAND - Capital Lease Land
[A14004] - Capital Lease Land
LINFRA_NONDEP - Capital Lease Infra Non Deprec
[A14005] - Capital Lease Infra NON DEP
LCIP - Capital Lease Cnstruct In Proc
[A14006] - Capital Lease CIP
LBUILD_IMPROVEMENTS - Capital Lease Building & Impro
[A14007] - Capital Lease Bldgs & Improv
LFURN_MACH_EQ - Capital Lease Furn Mach Equip
[A14008] - Capital Lease Furn Mach Equip
LINFRA_DEP - Capital Lease Infra Deprec
[A14009] - Capital Lease Infra DEPREC
LACD_BUILD_IMPROV - Capital Lease ACD Build Improv
[A15007] - ACD Cap Lease Bldgs & Improv
LACD_FURN_MACH_EQ - Capital Lease ACD Furn Mach Eq
[A15008] - ACD Cap Lease Fur Mach Eq
LACD_INFRA_DEP - Capital Lease Infra Deprec
[A15009] - ACDCap Lease Infra DEPREC
LIABILITIES - Liabilities
[201000 - 203000]
[L00001 - L21179]
FUND_EQUITY - Fund Equity
[351000] - AR - WRITE OFF
[370000 - 388890]
[F00007] - Fund Balance: Restricted,State
INCOME_STATEMENT - Income Statement
REVENUE - Revenue
GENERAL_REVENUE - General Revenue
[400100 - 496600]
[900001] - Appropriation Transfer
STATISTICAL - Statistical
[S00001 - S00017]
EXPENSE - Expense
[E10000] - All Expense Accounts
PERSONAL_SERVICES - 1 Personal Services
[E19999] - Point 1 Roll Up
[E51000] - Roll Up For Personal Services
SALARIES - 510100 Salaries
[510100 - 510101]
[510200 - 510201]
thanks

Hi,
Assuming that when you say " have make BP as DIM ID" it means that you have included it in a dimension. Correct?
You can make it as "line item" and you will still be able to report with its NavAttr and even with time dependance (ratings) provided you time dependant attr is NAV.
The only difference between line item dimensions and normal dims is that no dimension table created and you can only have one char in it.
You should do that for a characteristic having very high granularity (number of records posted of your characteristic divided by the total number of records in your fact tables (F and E) ). Usually document/item numbers are in that case (granularity is more than 50%; other will say 20% but I personally think that with 20 the DIM table still reduces the query time).
By not having the dimesion table, a query using this kind of characteristic will select the data directly form the cube fact tables instead of first going to the DIM table, gather DIMIDs and go to the E/F tables...
hope this helps...
Olivier.

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http://www.sqlchick.com/entries/2012/1/22/data-modeling-tip-when-using-many-to-many-bridge-tables-in-s.html
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/22202.a-practical-example-of-how-to-handle-simple-many-to-many-relationships-in-power-pivotssas-tabular-models.aspx
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