Dimension vs Detail Universe objects

What are the pros and cons of creating Dimension vs Detail Universe objects?
We have created our Universes with both types to logically group some dimension objects with details that can only be one value of it's associated dimension object. We have found that in Webi, Detail objects cannot be merged where two or more queries are written. We are on XIR2 SP2 and are planning to upgrade to XI 3.0 soon. Are any issues resolved in XI 3.0?
Any response would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike

Jacques,
Thanks for the helpful reply. If I could as an example, we have several instances where we have defined dates as dimension objects in a universe. Of course a date can have many detail attributes and for these we created them as attributes under the date dimension. So for dimension Month_End_Date we have attributes such as Month_End_Date_Year or Month_End_Date_Quarter; and as mentioned we cannot merge on these attributes. Perhaps one persons dimension is anotheru2019s attribute; potato, potahto. While still somewhat of a newbie with Business Objects it just seems that merging of attributes should be allowed.
Again thanks for your earlier reply and listening to me rant a little.

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