Dealing with partition processing options
Once you are happy with the dimensions' processed state, it's time to process partitions, measure groups, and cubes.
Although you can process an entire measure group or even an entire cube, those options are rarely used. Instead you're likely to process only the most recent (perhaps daily) partition in each measure group. If you use the ProcessUpdate incremental dimension processing option, you will also need to rebuild indexes on some or all partitions in the affected measure groups.
The following table summarizes partition processing options:
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Processing option |
Description |
Used for |
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This option empties out the partition's contents to "unprocess" it. |
This option could be useful if you're running out of disk space on the data drive and need to quickly free up some space by unprocessing a historically obsolete partition. You can also use this option if you find, and subsequently fix, discrepancies in fact data. The same option applies... |
