title: Updating dimension tables using SQL Server (BIDs or Data Tools)
body: <p>I'm quite confused as to how I'm supposed to be adding dimension members to my data warehouse. Let's say that TOWN_NAME is a dimension table that links town_Id to a town_name. So, now, I have 1000 customer names, and they are from 9 towns. Suddenly, in my next ETL process, a customer ends up being added whose town is not amongst that 9 towns i have in my dimension. So I need to add a member to my dimension table. Which step/process in BIDS or DATA TOOLS (BIDS 2012) would have I to use? How should this be one? I'm quite lost as to what could be done. </p>