Reference attributes

Guys,
I am trying to figure out what is happening with my custom reference attributes.
I created two custom resource types, coming from a single view, separated by a object type column.
On the customs resource types on Portal:
Extend Schema on FIM Portal / MV
Set permissions through MPR
Set ADM and Non-ADM Filters
Create Synchronization Acct MPR and give permission on the new resource types
Configure Search Scope by both
Configure the Inbound Rule (join by a GUID) and attrib flow on the FIM MA
So, let's Custom1 and Custom2.
On Custom1 I have two reference attributes, one to refer to user EmployeeID and other to reference to Custom2 ID.
When I execute the Sync, the FIM doesn't flow the reference attributes to MV neither FIM Portal, if I open the object and try to fill the attribute with EmployeeID / Custom2 ID, FIM not find the objects.
Any idea?
Diego Shimohama

You should read this - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/331.understanding-reference-attributes-processing-in-fim.aspx
Both
referencing objects and referenced objects should be present in connector space. That means Custom1, EmployeeID(Full Object) and Custom2(Full Object again) should be present in CS of FIM MA. This might seems to be confusing but this is the only way you can
achieve that.

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I have a problem with a persistent class that contains a reference attribute to another persistent class. I can write the reference object attribute to the DB but when I read the reference attribute back from the DB the object is null. Allow me to explain...
I have two tables; one is a data table with one key field of type OS_GUID, the second is a mapping table with several business key fields and two further fields; an instance GUID and a class identifier GUID. The data table is used to contain all the data for an object. The mapping table is used to hold a relationship between the GUID assigned in the data table and the business key. The mapping table has been structured in this way by following the help here:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/df/e785a9e87111d4b2eb0050dadfb92b/frameset.htm
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<-snip->
DATA:
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go_data_agent = zca_ps_data=>agent.
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                             i_action       = iv_action
                             i_data_guid    = go_data_ps ).    "note1
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The fact that it is possible to pass the object GO_DATA_PS in the call to GO_DATA_MAP_AGENT (the line that I've put the comment "note1" on) indicates to me that the reference to the data persistent object can be written to the DB by the mapping persistent object. After executing the above code the mapping table object and class identifier fields are populated. Also, if multiple entries are written to the tables then the class identifier field in the mapping table is always the same and the object ID is different as expected.
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<-snip->
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<-snip->
At no point during this code are the attributes of the object of the persistent class for the data table populated with the contents of the fields of the data table referenced as the attribute of the mapping table. To clarify, when viewing the object in the debugger all the attributes of the mapping object that are simple table fields are populated with the values of the fields of in the mapping table, however, the attributes of the object that represents the persistent class for the data table are not populated with the fields of the data table. I had hoped that by reading the mapping table object the data object would automatically be populated. Is there another step I need to perform to populate the data object?
I'm sorry if the above is hard to follow. Without being able to provide screenshots it's difficult to explain.
If someone has managed to store references to persistent objects in a table and then read the references back could you list the steps you went through to create the persistent classes and include the code that reads the objects please? The code I have almost works, I must be just missing some subtle point...
Thanks in advance,
Steve.

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Generally we raise complaint refering to some sales or service issues. In your scenario you are trying to create a complaint based on an iObject, then you have to mention the corresponding product details. I dont see any business requirement not to copy the iObject product at the item level.
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I was able to develop the activity but it is going into infinite loop while inserting. Below is the code. Can you please guide where I am going wrong. Also as of now I have developed it only for inserting. I am using emuerateresourceactivity and added
code activity using code.
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.Design;
using System.Collections;
using System.Linq;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Compiler;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Serialization;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Design;
using System.Workflow.Runtime;
using System.Workflow.Activities;
using System.Workflow.Activities.Rules;
using Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities;
using Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.WSResourceManagement;
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List<UniqueIdentifier> storeList;
SequentialWorkflow parentWorkflow = null;
int loopCount = 0;
Guid targetGUID;
const string FIMAdminGUID = "7fb2b853-24f0-4498-9534-4e10589723c4";
List<string> storeName = new List<string>();
string xpathFilter = "";
string resourceType = "JambaStore";
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InitializeComponent();
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readResourceActivity.ResourceId = parentWorkflow.TargetId;
targetGUID = parentWorkflow.TargetId;
readResourceActivity.SelectionAttributes = new string[] { "StoreListReference" };
private void initializeEnumerateResource_ExecuteCode(object sender, EventArgs e)
string filterDEL = "]";
if (null == readResourceActivity.Resource)
throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to determine the current request");
ResourceType resource = readResourceActivity.Resource;
storeList = resource["StoreListReference"] as List<UniqueIdentifier>;
for (loopCount = 0; loopCount < storeList.Count; loopCount++)
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xpathFilter += "/" + resourceType + "[(ObjectID='" + storeList[loopCount].GetGuid() + "')";
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xpathFilter += " or (ObjectID='" + storeList[loopCount].GetGuid() + "')";
xpathFilter = xpathFilter + filterDEL;
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enumerateResourcesActivity.XPathFilter = xpathFilter;
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ResourceType jambaStore = EnumerateResourcesActivity.GetCurrentIterationItem((CodeActivity)sender) as ResourceType;
storeName.Add(jambaStore["DisplayName"].ToString());
private void initializeUpdateResourceActivity_ExecuteCode(object sender, EventArgs e)
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string targetAttribute = "Store";
foreach (string store in storeName)
updateRequestParameters.Add(new UpdateRequestParameter(targetAttribute, UpdateMode.Insert, store));
this.updateResourceActivity_ActorId1 = new Guid(FIMAdminGUID);
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[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
[CategoryAttribute("Parameters")]
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get
return ((System.Guid)(base.GetValue(DereferenceActivityLibrary.DereferenceActivity.updateResourceActivity_ActorId1Property)));
set
base.SetValue(DereferenceActivityLibrary.DereferenceActivity.updateResourceActivity_ActorId1Property, value);
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[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
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get
return ((bool)(base.GetValue(DereferenceActivityLibrary.DereferenceActivity.updateResourceActivity_ApplyAuthorizationPolicy1Property)));
set
base.SetValue(DereferenceActivityLibrary.DereferenceActivity.updateResourceActivity_ApplyAuthorizationPolicy1Property, value);
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[DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible)]
[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
[CategoryAttribute("Parameters")]
public Guid updateResourceActivity_ResourceId1
get
return ((System.Guid)(base.GetValue(DereferenceActivityLibrary.DereferenceActivity.updateResourceActivity_ResourceId1Property)));
set
base.SetValue(DereferenceActivityLibrary.DereferenceActivity.updateResourceActivity_ResourceId1Property, value);
public static DependencyProperty updateResourceActivity_UpdateParameters1Property = DependencyProperty.Register("updateResourceActivity_UpdateParameters1", typeof(Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.WSResourceManagement.UpdateRequestParameter[]), typeof(DereferenceActivityLibrary.DereferenceActivity));
[DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible)]
[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
[CategoryAttribute("Parameters")]
public UpdateRequestParameter[] updateResourceActivity_UpdateParameters1
get
return ((Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.WSResourceManagement.UpdateRequestParameter[])(base.GetValue(DereferenceActivityLibrary.DereferenceActivity.updateResourceActivity_UpdateParameters1Property)));
set
base.SetValue(DereferenceActivityLibrary.DereferenceActivity.updateResourceActivity_UpdateParameters1Property, value);
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.Design;
using System.Collections;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Compiler;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Serialization;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Design;
using System.Workflow.Runtime;
using System.Workflow.Activities;
using System.Workflow.Activities.Rules;
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/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCode]
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCode("", "")]
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this.CanModifyActivities = true;
System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityBind activitybind1 = new System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityBind();
System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityBind activitybind2 = new System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityBind();
System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityBind activitybind3 = new System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityBind();
System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityBind activitybind4 = new System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityBind();
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this.updateResourceActivity = new Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities.UpdateResourceActivity();
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this.enumerateResourcesActivity = new Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities.EnumerateResourcesActivity();
this.initializeEnumerateResource = new System.Workflow.Activities.CodeActivity();
this.readResourceActivity = new Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities.ReadResourceActivity();
this.initializeReadResource = new System.Workflow.Activities.CodeActivity();
this.currentRequestActivity = new Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities.CurrentRequestActivity();
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this.readStoresNameActivity.Name = "readStoresNameActivity";
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activitybind1.Path = "updateResourceActivity_ActorId1";
activitybind2.Name = "DereferenceActivity";
activitybind2.Path = "updateResourceActivity_ApplyAuthorizationPolicy1";
this.updateResourceActivity.Name = "updateResourceActivity";
activitybind3.Name = "DereferenceActivity";
activitybind3.Path = "updateResourceActivity_ResourceId1";
activitybind4.Name = "DereferenceActivity";
activitybind4.Path = "updateResourceActivity_UpdateParameters1";
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this.updateResourceActivity.SetBinding(Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities.UpdateResourceActivity.ApplyAuthorizationPolicyProperty, ((System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityBind)(activitybind2)));
this.updateResourceActivity.SetBinding(Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities.UpdateResourceActivity.ResourceIdProperty, ((System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityBind)(activitybind3)));
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this.initializeUpdateResourceActivity.ExecuteCode += new System.EventHandler(this.initializeUpdateResourceActivity_ExecuteCode);
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this.enumerateResourcesActivity.Activities.Add(this.readStoresNameActivity);
this.enumerateResourcesActivity.ActorId = new System.Guid("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");
this.enumerateResourcesActivity.Name = "enumerateResourcesActivity";
this.enumerateResourcesActivity.PageSize = 100;
this.enumerateResourcesActivity.Selection = null;
this.enumerateResourcesActivity.SortingAttributes = null;
this.enumerateResourcesActivity.TotalResultsCount = 0;
this.enumerateResourcesActivity.XPathFilter = null;
// initializeEnumerateResource
this.initializeEnumerateResource.Name = "initializeEnumerateResource";
this.initializeEnumerateResource.ExecuteCode += new System.EventHandler(this.initializeEnumerateResource_ExecuteCode);
// readResourceActivity
this.readResourceActivity.ActorId = new System.Guid("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");
this.readResourceActivity.Name = "readResourceActivity";
this.readResourceActivity.Resource = null;
this.readResourceActivity.ResourceId = new System.Guid("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");
this.readResourceActivity.SelectionAttributes = null;
// initializeReadResource
this.initializeReadResource.Name = "initializeReadResource";
this.initializeReadResource.ExecuteCode += new System.EventHandler(this.initializeReadResource_ExecuteCode);
// currentRequestActivity
this.currentRequestActivity.CurrentRequest = null;
this.currentRequestActivity.Name = "currentRequestActivity";
// DereferenceActivity
this.Activities.Add(this.currentRequestActivity);
this.Activities.Add(this.initializeReadResource);
this.Activities.Add(this.readResourceActivity);
this.Activities.Add(this.initializeEnumerateResource);
this.Activities.Add(this.enumerateResourcesActivity);
this.Activities.Add(this.initializeUpdateResourceActivity);
this.Activities.Add(this.updateResourceActivity);
this.Name = "DereferenceActivity";
this.CanModifyActivities = false;
#endregion
private CodeActivity readStoresNameActivity;
private Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities.UpdateResourceActivity updateResourceActivity;
private CodeActivity initializeEnumerateResource;
private Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities.EnumerateResourcesActivity enumerateResourcesActivity;
private CodeActivity initializeReadResource;
private Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities.ReadResourceActivity readResourceActivity;
private CodeActivity initializeUpdateResourceActivity;
private Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities.CurrentRequestActivity currentRequestActivity;

Imposible to activate characteristic with one reference attribute in 3.5

Dear Experts,
I have a really strange problem in 3.5 version.
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I deleted one Z Character Attribute from 0FUNCT_LOC, when I try to active it shows one error.
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Ok, I go to "Note 451773" trying to activate master data. Like explains this post: "Unable to Activate master Data InfoObject ''0EQUIPMENT''
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source [//Target/Manager/AdDN]
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sounds good, thats "nearly" excatly the way I would do this.
But you can not do this directly in an OSR.
You have to do this with an workflow with the function evaluator and stor that Attribute on the user every time the Manager is changed.
After that you can have simple direct flows from MV to your HR Attribute.
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FIM multivalue attribute export to SQL - error 0x80230808

Hi,
Running FIM Synchronization Service v 4.0.3531.2 - Update1.
This instance is a simple setup, import from AD, export to SQL. I'm trying to export two multivalue attributes, one is a normal multivalue string, second is a reference attribute (member). My anchor is the GUID from AD in string format, perfectly fitting
into uniqueidentifier sql datatype.
Since I wanted to have the member values in the multivalue table also stored in a uniqueidentifier column (for further linking) I had to create two columns, one as "uniqueidentifier" and second as "text". FIM configuration went smoothly,
I defined a member multivalue reference attribute and selected the uniqueidentifier column as "String attribute column", and the other multivalue string attribute had to be linked as "Large string attribute column" and I pointed it to the
text datatype column.
Synchronization completed without errors, export step properly exported all multivalue string attributes to the text column, BUT when it came to exporting the GUID reference attribute to the uniqueidentifier column it exported only the first value showing
a "dn-attribute-failure" error. From the FIM GUI it was only showing the error number = 0x80230808.
I did a SQL trace to see what's going on. I re-run the export and saw FIM trying to delete all the values for this attribute multiple times with:
DELETE from [tblAD_Multivalue] WHERE [objectGUID] = N'{B011B424-5B2F-43A9-84C5-8605A570487B}' AND [attributeName] = N'member'
followed by doing cursor magic with the first value that was already added:
exec sp_cursor 180150007,4,0,N'tblAD_Multivalue',@objectGUID='B011B424-5B2F-43A9-84C5-8605A570487B',@attributeName='member',@guidValue='2E52A484-C7F6-49C0-AAC8-0A30C732A385'
After repeating the above for over 10 times it added a export_error_detail:
update [mms_connectorspace] set [export_error_detail] = N'<export-status>
<cd-error>
<error-code>0x80230808</error-code><error-literal>[Modify] Failed operation</error-literal>
</cd-error>
</export-status>
',[count_export_error_retries] = 0,[is_export_error] = 1,[initial_export_error_date] = '2011-02-12 21:36:08.995',[last_export_error_date] = '2011-02-12 21:36:08.995',[export_error_code] = -2145189885,[unapplied_export_batch_number] = 1,[unapplied_export_sequencer_number] = 2162572,[original_export_batch_number] = 1,[original_export_sequencer_number] = 2162572,[current_export_batch_number] = 4,[current_export_sequence_number] = 2216213 where ([object_id] = '6F5C98E3-38FF-4F32-95F6-B5A315B71D7A')
I tried manually adding one of the following values directly to SQL and it worked, so I'm not really sure what's wrong here.
Any ideas?
Piotr

Hi Markus,
yes, I know all about the architecture to allow multi-value attributes to be exported to SQL.
Everything works when I have just one string value column in my tblAD_Multivalue. The problem is that my anchor in the primary table is a GUID in a uniqueidentifier SQL column type (in FIM MV it's a string), so when I'm exporting multivalue reference attributes
to SQL I would like the GUID values also to go to a uniqueidentifier type column. That's why I set up the secondary column in the multi-value table with text datatype, so FIM recognizes it as a "large string column". I think I did everything within
the guidelines, so I was puzzled when I saw that error.
Consider this simple example, you're exporting users and groups from AD, you're anchor data type is uniqueidentifier, and you need to export the member attribute and the proxyAddresses attribute. What would you do to allow future SQL joins to calculate membership?
hope this explains a bit more this scenario, would appreciate any suggestions.
Piotr

Using attributes from another entry type

Hey experts,
use case: there are multiple departments within the company. Each department has it's own folder in Active Directory where users are stored for that department. When a new user is created in IdM and send to AD he should be created in the folder relevant for his/her department.
I have created an entry type called Department and filled it with departments and their LDAP starting point for user creation. I have also created a reference attribute in MX_PERSON to the department name.
problem: when the job CreateADSUser is fired it receives pending value date from MX_PERSON but I need to use the LDAP starting point which goes with the department from the department entry type.
So my question is: how do I use the LDAP starting point value which is stored in my department entry type in a job which receives MX_PERSON data. I'm guessing a script or something but am unsure how to do this.
Thanks in advance.

HI Jonathan,
We did exactly the same thing but without using a separate entry type for the department, it was just the department number. We then in the code that calculated the DN of the person, coded in to read the department number and based on that enter a text string into the DN. If you want to do it with another entry type for department, the can't you load the value on the mx_person of department, which will be the MSKEY of the department you want, and then use ISGetValue (Or something like that) to get the name of that department based on it's MSKEY?
Hope that is helpful,
Ian

Attribute not visible in characteristic properties in BEx Web

Hello all,
I have a query using Contact Person as a free chararacteristic. I need to be able to drill down this characteristic and display a custom attribute next to Contact Person, using the properties of the characteristic in the context menu. The problem is that the attribute doesn't show up in the list. All other attributes (most of them are display attributes) are visible.
If I add this diplay attribute to the query definition, the attribute comes together with Contact Person when I drill-down it. I can see the attribute checked in the list too.
When I put Contact Person in the row in the query definition, I can also see the attribute in the properties.
Does anybody know a solution for that?
Thanks in advance, Natalie

Hi Sree,
Thanks for your help. Actually, the attribute was a display attribute, but needed to be a navigation attribute. The reason seems to be the following: this attribute has another one as reference attribute (which I could see in the list).
I changed to nav. attribute and now it works.
Natalie

Attribute key cannot be found : Data present but not processed

Hi there,
I know this question has been ask several time and I went through a lot of proposed solution but none were successful in my case. My cube processed successfully for month but now I have the following error :
Errors in the OLAP storage engine: The attribute key cannot be found when processing: Table: 'EventMember', Column: 'Id', Value: '22560966'. The attribute is 'Id'.
To explain my case here what I've got.
A dimension [Member Unique] where there is a bigint Id and some attributes. The only defined attribute in the dimension is Id.
When I process fully this dimension the query issued by SSAS to SQL (using the profiler) is the following :
SELECT
DISTINCT
[dbo_Member].[Id] AS [dbo_MemberId0_0]
FROM [dbo].[Member] AS [dbo_Member]
I verified that the Id 22560966 is present in the table and in the resulting set and that is the case.
Then I have the measure group EventMember based on a named query doing the following :
SELECT Id
FROM dbo.Member AS m
WHERE EXISTS
SELECT 1 AS Expr1
FROM dbo.Event AS g INNER JOIN
dbo.MemberHistory AS h ON h.Id = g.MemberId INNER JOIN
dbo.MemberVersion AS v ON v.HistoryId = h.Id
WHERE (v.AntvoiceMemberId = m.Id)
This query returns also the row 22560966.
When I process fully the measure group EventMember the query issued by SSAS is :
SELECT [EventMember].[EventMember0_0] AS [EventMember0_0],[EventMember].[EventMemberId0_1] AS [EventMemberId0_1]
FROM
SELECT 1 AS [EventMember0_0],[Id] AS [EventMemberId0_1]
FROM
SELECT Id
FROM dbo.Member AS m
WHERE EXISTS
SELECT 1 AS Expr1
FROM dbo.Event AS g INNER JOIN
dbo.MemberHistory AS h ON h.Id = g.MemberId INNER JOIN
dbo.MemberVersion AS v ON v.HistoryId = h.Id
WHERE (v.AntvoiceMemberId = m.Id)
AS [EventMember]
AS [EventMember]
And it crashes during the process giving me the above error.
I did try to allow missing key attribute error in the process option, and it ran successfully. It allowed me to issue an MDX statement on my cube to check if the dimension member was present. And it was not the case. Hence the error I think. The MDX statement
was :
SELECT [Member Unique].[Id].&[22560966] on 0
FROM MyCube
The the final question would be : Why this member which is returned by the SQL query is not present in my dimension ?
I tried deletiong my cube it did not changed a thing. A noticeable thing is that the faulty attributes key are the same every time.

Hi RodolpheAV,
The error means SSAS could not find a record in the dimension table [table name] where column [column name] contained value [value]. For more information, you can look into the following articles:
Error messages when you try to process a database or a cube in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services: "The attribute key cannot be found" and "The record was skipped because the attribute key was not found:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922673
SSAS Quick Reference: Attribute Key Cannot Be Found:
http://www.ssas-info.com/analysis-services-articles/66-mgmt/1963-ssas-quick-reference-attribute-key-cannot-be-found
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Attribute key cannot be found. Value 0 . eventhough set to unknown member

Hi,
I want to be able to set any null values in the fact foregin key to the dimensions unknown member.
I have a dimension called agent , with UnknownMember = True and UnknowMemberName = No Agent. When I process my dimension, I see all my agents plus a No Agent member. (ErrorConfiguration = Default. I do not want to ignore errors ).
In the cube dimension usage I've set null proccessing to unknown member.
I have a rows on my fact table with NULL on the agentID and the Cube fails to process with this error (its changing NULL to 0):
Errors in the OLAP storage engine: The attribute key cannot be found when processing: Table: 'dbo_FactSales', Column: 'AgentId', Value: 0.
I was expecting that, based on my configuration of the dimension, that the NULL row would be assigned to the unknown member of the dimension.
What am I missing?
(I know that I could have a Unknow record on my db and deal with it on the ETL process, but I would like SSAS to handle this situation. I already read
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345138.aspx is telling to do on the section "Referential
Integrity Issues in Fact Table")
I don't know if this is related but the fact value is taken from DSV query of:
CASE WHEN Fact_table.[AgentId] IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE CAST(Fact_table.[AgentId] AS INT) END AS [AgentId]
Your help appreciated
Namnami

Hi Namnami,
Please refer to the following article:
Defining the Unknown Member and Null Processing Properties:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms170707(v=sql.90).aspx
Here is a related article about this error message for your reference:
SSAS Quick Reference: Attribute Key Cannot Be Found:
http://toddmcdermid.blogspot.com/2009/01/ssas-quick-reference-attribute-key.html#!/2009/01/ssas-quick-reference-attribute-key.html
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