Dimension with no levels?  Can this be done?

Hello Forum,
I'm sure someone has run into this situation - I need to create a dimension that really has no levels... I need to create a Returns Dimension that has only two attributes, attribute 1: reasons for returns (too small, wrong color etc) and attribute 2: natural business key (Reason Number). All the other information that would be important to analyzing return metrics in my Return Cube are already in other dimensions (Store, Product, Customer Order)
Can anybody share a work around, since the tool requires at least one level....
monalisa

Hi monalisa,
sure . . . just create a dimension with one level. If you think about it, it can't have zero levels, can it? :-)
This is pretty standard for a transaction type dimension, actually.
But . . . consider . . .
I'll bet that you won't eventually want just Returns (I'm done lots in retail). Sales/Returns. Full Price/Mark Down 1/ Mark Down 2/Clearance. I'll bet you will end up with about 15-20 reason codes (transaction types). And then they will want to group them, and categorize them, and you will end up with a second, parent level.
There's something else to consider: this is a good dimension to store junk. Your Stock Count codes could live here. Your Stock transfer codes could live here. And so on. Do it this way, and you end up with a single conformed transaction type dimension for all your business processes. Just a thought . . .
Cheers,
Donna

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