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Handling Multiple Calendars with a M2M Scenario
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Written by Dave Fackler   
Wednesday, 25 June 2008 00:00

Most dimensional models and BI solutions implement a date dimension of one type or another and many of them include multiple calendars -- the "wall" (or Gregorian) calendar, a fiscal calendar, a manufacturing calendar, etc.  Handling multiple calendars is fairly simple and most people approach the problem by adding additional columns to a date dimension table that holds a row for each date they need.

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