SCD Type 2 - effective/expiration dates

OWB 11g 11.2.0.2
I'm coming in cold to an environment where there's a business need to have a pair of start/end dates in a type 2 DIM, very simillar to the way the effective/expiration dates are maintained by OWB. The difference is that the end date in the closed record (becoming history) and the open date in the active record are not (the default) SYSDATE, but come from a source table/column in the mapping. There is no gap in these date/times.
None of them seem to be working as intended. I know the concepts of type 2, but am not well-versed on working with them. I guess the first question is-- is it even possible to manipulate a column in a record as the dim controls the creation of a history record? It seems to me we are trying to mix manual and automated, and it won't work. But maybe there is a trick to this that I haven't yet learned.
Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
~Peter

Hi Peter,
The difference is that the end date in the closed record (becoming history) and the open date in the active record are not (the default) SYSDATE, but come from a source table/column in the mapping.Is your source table already in SCD2 format (i.e. does it may contain multiple rows for single entity)?
I guess the first question is-- is it even possible to manipulate a column in a record as the dim controls the creation of a history record?It is possible to change behaviour of populating of Effective Date column for SCD2 dimension - you can map Effective Date column from mapping parameter/source table columns/etc.
But Expiration date column is poplated implicitly (for closed record) from value mapped to Effective Date column.
Regards,
oleg

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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3345113/output.jpg
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As mentioned customer dimension (A_FICC_ACCOUNT) is a SCD type 2, what is the primary key on this table? I don't think it is ACCOUNT_ID alone.
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-bifacts
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