If Dimension exceeds maximum size then what will we do???

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Hi Experts,
               If Dimension exceeds maximum size then what will we do???
               My dought was how to increase the dimension size in SSAS 2008 R2???
       i am using SQL SERVER 2008 R2.
               i had faced this question in one of the interview.so,Could you explain with an example.
Best Regards,
sirikumar

Answer 1

You can't exceed the maximum, else you get error. The maximum is a huge number:
Object
Maximum sizes/numbers
Databases in an instance
2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647
Dimensions in a database
2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647
Attributes in a dimension
2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647
Members in a dimension attribute
2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647
User-defined hierarchies in a dimension
2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647
Levels in a user-defined hierarchy
2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647
Cubes in a database
2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647
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