D365 Reference
DimensionAttributeValue
mainShared across companiesOne row per used value of a financial dimension — the middle hop that ties a value-set item back to the dimension it belongs to and the backing record that defines it
Module: FinanceNo company partition
Fields
9 fields
| Key | Field | EDT | Description | Type | Length | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DimensionAttribute | RecId | RecId of the dimension in DimensionAttribute this value belongs to — the hop that tells you whether a value is a cost center or a department | int64 | |||
| EntityInstance | RecId of the backing record (in the dimension's backing view) that defines this value | int64 | ||||
| DisplayValue | The dimension value code as displayed (e.g. the cost-center code) | string | ||||
| IsSuspended | Whether the value is suspended and blocked from new postings | enum | ||||
| IsDeleted | Soft-delete flag — filter deleted values out of dimension lookups | enum | ||||
| ActiveFrom | Date the value becomes valid for posting | date | ||||
| ActiveTo | Date the value stops being valid for posting | date | ||||
| BackingRecordDataAreaId | Company of the backing record, populated for company-specific dimension values | string | ||||
| RecId | RecId | The 64-bit surrogate key DimensionAttributeValueSetItem.DimensionAttributeValue joins to | int64 |
Field provenance: hand-curated.
Boilerplate SQL
Starting point for reading DimensionAttributeValueon Databricks — enums are decoded, 1900-01-01 dates are wrapped to NULL, and the DataAreaId anchor is in place. Set your Unity Catalog location, company, and filter values below; they’re substituted into the SQL and the copy button.
Query parameters
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-- Table : DimensionAttributeValue One row per used value of a financial dimension — the middle hop that ties a value-set item back to the dimension it belongs to and the backing record that defines it
-- Purpose: Column-selected read of DimensionAttributeValue — auto-generated from field metadata
-- Grain : One row per recid (surrogate key)
-- Notes : Auto-generated skeleton for Synapse Link / Fabric Link-landed F&O data (lowercase column names). Enums decoded inline where verified; datetimes stored in UTC; 1900-01-01 dates are sentinels mapped to NULL. System/audit columns omitted — see the quirks guide.
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SELECT
d.dimensionattribute AS "RecId of the dimension in DimensionAttribute this value belongs to — the hop that tells you whether a value is a cost center or a department",
d.entityinstance AS "RecId of the backing record (in the dimension's backing view) that defines this value",
d.displayvalue AS "The dimension value code as displayed (e.g. the cost-center code)",
d.issuspended AS "Whether the value is suspended and blocked from new postings", -- enum: decode d.issuspended via GlobalOptionsetMetadata join — see quirks guide #enums
d.isdeleted AS "Soft-delete flag — filter deleted values out of dimension lookups", -- enum: decode d.isdeleted via GlobalOptionsetMetadata join — see quirks guide #enums
d.activefrom AS "Date the value becomes valid for posting",
d.activeto AS "Date the value stops being valid for posting",
d.backingrecorddataareaid AS "Company of the backing record, populated for company-specific dimension values",
d.recid AS "The 64-bit surrogate key DimensionAttributeValueSetItem.DimensionAttributeValue joins to"
FROM <catalog>.<schema>.dimensionattributevalue d
-- Resolve DimensionAttribute (via DimensionAttribute): uncomment to join on its RecId surrogate key
-- LEFT JOIN <catalog>.<schema>.dimensionattribute dim ON dim.recid = d.dimensionattribute
;2 parameters not filled: <catalog>, <schema>
Relationships
1-hop neighbors — click a table to navigate there. RecId and InventDim edges are highlighted; they’re the joins newcomers most often get wrong.
Join details
ON dimensionattributevaluesetitem.dimensionattributevalue = dimensionattributevalue.recidON dimensionattributevalue.dimensionattribute = dimensionattribute.recid
Data Entities That Expose This Table
No standard export entity — land the raw framework tables to decode dimensions.