Starting with the release of Strategy ONE (March 2024), dossiers are also known as dashboards.
Steps to Reproduce
This procedure is using Strategy Tutorial WH that is shipped with Strategy products.



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Number of Rows Returned:
Time Spent:
Query Execution Start Time: 3/17/2021 11:56:24 AM
Query Execution End Time:
Tables Accessed:
Table0 [L_YEAR_ID]: Year Id, LOOKUP_TABLE
Table12 [F_LU_REGIONA5C81E636B9E498EB34349C5736EDA14]: Country Id, Region Id, Region Name, Row Count - LU_REGION, FACT_TABLE
select [Country Id]@[COUNTRY_ID],
count(distinct [Region Id]@[REGION_ID])@{[Country Id]} as [DM]
from LU_MONTH LU_REGION (2 tables)
with Table Join Tree: [F_LU_REGIONA5C81E636B9E498EB34349C5736EDA14]
CrossJoin [L_YEAR_ID]<[Year Id]@[YEAR_ID] in (2009)> with output level Tuple([Region Id]@[REGION_ID], [Country Id]@[COUNTRY_ID], [Year Id]@[YEAR_ID])
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Cause
This is a known issue in Strategy.
Solution
This issue has been addressed in Strategy 2021.
To pick up the fix, upgrade to Strategy 2021 or above and enable project level setting "Data Engine Version" to 2021 or above. For more details on enabling the setting, refer to Change Data Engine Version
After the fix, the cross join is eliminated.
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Number of Rows Returned: 6
Time Spent: 0.008 sec(s)
Query Execution Start Time: 3/17/2021 12:01:59 PM
Query Execution End Time: 3/17/2021 12:01:59 PM
Tables Accessed:
Table12 [F_LU_REGIONA5C81E636B9E498EB34349C5736EDA14]: Country Id, Region Id, Region Name, Row Count - LU_REGION, FACT_TABLE
select [Country Id]@[COUNTRY_ID],
count(distinct [Region Id]@[REGION_ID])@{[Country Id]} as [DM]
from LU_MONTH LU_REGION (2 tables)
with Table Join Tree: [F_LU_REGIONA5C81E636B9E498EB34349C5736EDA14]
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Strategy internal reference number for this technical note is DE170931.