Fan Trap & resolving it using aliases

[system]

I am new to Bo so, can anyone please help me regarding resolving fan trap explanation & resolving it through aliases.

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Frankie9 (BOB member since 2015-06-29)

[system]

Welcome to B:bob:B!

This entry in the Designer’s FAQ can help:

FAQ: Designer

What is a fan trap, why is it a problem, and how do I resolve it? Dave Rathbun describes it well in his presentation, ZEN and the ART of Universe Design. Which is located here: http://www.dagira.com/conference-presentations/ Here is a quick synopsis of Fan Trap from his presentation: A Fan Trap is a one - many - many relationship. This would happen if you are using a Summary and a Detail table in one query. Fan Traps can cause numbers to multiply. Business Objects resolves this t…

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Marek Chladny (BOB member since 2003-11-27)

[system]

resolving it through aliases.

What about resolving it through contexts?

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Mak 1 (BOB member since 2005-01-06)

[MarkP]

@Mak 1

resolving it through aliases.

What about resolving it through contexts?

Or both, as is the correct way

[system]

Fan trap is resolved by using aliases at first and then by context in the next step

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surya_sudheer (BOB member since 2006-11-01)

[system]

@surya_sudheer

Fan trap is resolved by using aliases at first and then by context in the next step

Bit general. I would say it depends on the data model.

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Mak 1 (BOB member since 2005-01-06)

[system]

I got this…Thnx every1!!

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Frankie9 (BOB member since 2015-06-29)

[MarkP]

@Ashwyn

I got this…Thnx every1!!

I hope you looked at the answer in the FAQ.