What is the use of surrogate key stage?

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What is the use of surrogate key stage?..

Answer / shar

Here are Uses:
1.We can generate sequence Numbers.
2.This will act as alternative to primary key.
3.we can pass the values with parameters.
4.we can pass the parameters at run time.
5.parameterization is possible.

cool...:)

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What is the use of surrogate key stage?..

Answer / vinod upputuri

Surrogate Key Stage is used to generate the Surrogate Key.

the main purpose of the Surrogate key is to maintain the
complete history in the dimension tables.

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