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Business Objects cardinalities
Why do we need cardinalities with joins, when we are able to get the data with joins only?


  
Total Answers and Comments: 3 Last Update: May 28, 2008     Asked by: zeenat14 
  
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May 08, 2008 11:24:13   #1  
skcmadduri Member Since: September 2007   Contribution: 2    

RE: Business Objects cardinalities
You need to setup cardinalities inorder to find loops and traps (fan trap & chasm trap)
 
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May 28, 2008 09:04:31   #2  
garycronin Member Since: May 2008   Contribution: 3    

RE: Business Objects cardinalities
Moreover to effectivily use data on tables that are joined you must state the cardinality. Bobj can get it wrong sometimes so I'd advise you to set them up manually.

 
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May 28, 2008 09:58:02   #3  
garycronin Member Since: May 2008   Contribution: 3    

RE: Business Objects cardinalities
Cardinality expresses the minimum and maximum number of instances of an entity B that can be associated with an instance of an entity A. The minimum and the maximum number of instances can be equal to 0, 1, or N. Because a join represents a bidirectional relationship, it must always have two cardinalities. If you selected the Detect cardinalities in joins options in the Database tab of the Options dialog box, Designer detects and retrieves the cardinalities of the joins. If you do not use this option, you can still retrieve the cardinalities for one or all joins in the universe. There are two main methods for detecting or editing cardinalities: the Detect Cardinalities command the Edit Join dialog box
 
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