How we use Surrogate Keys for snowflake dimension

Hi All,
my question is - How we use Surrogate Keys for snowflake dimension
i heard from some body Surrogate Keys only work with star schema.
please correct me if i wrong.
Regards,
Manish

Hi manishcal16PPS,
According to your description, you can only create natural key in your dimension. But it's not working when using surrogate key. Right?
In Analysis Services, the snowflake schema of the dimensions are represented by more than one dimension table in other words its takes multiple dimension tables to define a dimension. Surrogate key are just some extra, redundant, unique key based on the
natural key. So there's no direct relationship or some limitations between surrogate keys and snowflake schema.
In this scenario, since there's relationship between the two dimensions, you should create natural key. For using natural key or surrogate key. Please refer to an article below:
Surrogate Key vs. Natural Key
For understanding star/snowflake schema, please see:
Understanding Star and Snowflake Schemas
Regards,
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