Question 200
A dimension's natural key changes when an employee receives a new department code but history must remain traceable. Which step should the analyst take?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Surrogate keys isolate identity from mutable natural attributes; this helps preserve historical employee entity identity.
Incorrect Answers
Global uniqueness must reflect the real source identity namespace. It would address avoid cross-company product-key collision, not preserve historical employee entity identity.
Timestamps can collide and lack stable identity guarantees. That targets retain stable event identifiers, not preserve historical employee entity identity.
OrderID is unique in the parent but repeated at transaction-line grain. It may suit correct order header and line cardinality, not preserve historical employee entity identity.






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