can we use lookup t/r in flat files?what are the t/r's can be
used in flat files when compared to relational DB?

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can we use lookup t/r in flat files?what are the t/r's can be used in flat files when compare..

Answer / mike

1)Yes..you can use a lookup transformation on flatfiles.

2)I think we can use most of the transformations on
flatfiles.
But we can not apply slowly changing dimensions on flat
files.

correct me if i was wrong

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can we use lookup t/r in flat files?what are the t/r's can be used in flat files when compare..

Answer / rajan raorane

No we can apply slowly changin dimensions on flat files
as they are basically used to mantian history

frequently used is SDC2 (Verison/flag/Date)

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