Hi All,

I'm using AMO to add a dimension to a cube. There is a virtual cube based
on that cube. When I attempt to update the "parent" cube, I get an error
that the virtual cube will be invalidated. I can use the the
"analyzeImpactOnly" parameter to verify that the virtual cube will be
impacted, but that doesn't help me get the updates done.

I've tried UpdateOptions.AlterDependents, but then I get an error that the
updates must be "fully expanded."

Any ideas?

The first parameter that the .Update() method takes is of the
UpdateOptions enumerated type. Books online states that this enumerator
has the following values

AlterDependents
Default
ExpandFull

Maybe try calling update() with the ExpandFull option instead of
AlterDependants.

However I am not entirely sure that this will fix your issue. AS2k5 does
not actually have virtual cubes as such. If you upgraded a virtual cube
from AS2k you will find that it has come across as a cube with linked
objects (measure groups/dimensions). I think that you may find that you
have to drop and re-link a linked object if the parent object was
changed.

Another option is that you may be able to do away with the cube(s) with
linked objects and setup a single cube in AS2k5 containing multiple
measure groups.

--
Regards
Darren Gosbell [MCSD]
Blog: http://www.geekswithblogs.net/darrengosbell

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Thanks, Darren. I tried the ExpandFull option to no avail.

I don't necessarily have control over what items are linked in a cube--I'm
processing arbitrary cubes. So, I'm probably going to have to specify that
my program does not support linked objects :-(

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