Question 310
An analyst expects an aggregation table to be used regardless of incorrect relationships and mappings. What should be checked?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Validate aggregation mappings and dimension relationships for query compatibility. Aggregation optimization requires usable definitions, not just a smaller table.
Incorrect Answers
Missing Product grain can prevent a summary from answering Product-filtered requests. That matters for “Ensure aggregation grain supports all filters and grouping” rather than the condition “be used regardless of incorrect relationships and mappings”.
Aggregations can cache common results while detailed queries remain at the source. The boundary it addresses is “and sum queries without importing every detailed record”, while this case concerns “be used regardless of incorrect relationships and mappings”.
Preaggregated data can answer common grouping queries without scanning all detail rows. This solves “the base fact has billions of order lines”; the stated issue is “be used regardless of incorrect relationships and mappings”.