When you use the Flag Current option, the Integration Service generates a primary key value for each row written to the target, incrementing key values by one. An Expression transformation increments key values by 1,000 for new dimensions.

When updating an existing dimension, the Integration Service increments the existing primary key by 1.

For example, the following dimensions are current dimension data (current flags set to one). Their primary keys are multiples of 1,000. This indicates they are both the first version of a dimension:

When the Integration Service inserts updated versions of these dimensions into the target, it sets the current flag to 1. It also creates a new primary key for the updated row by incrementing key of the existing dimension by one. The Integration Service indicates the existing dimension is no longer current by resetting its current flag to 0: