Create/Edit Cube Dimension: General

A cube dimension is a first-class database object. It stores a list of values that serves as an index to the data stored in a cube. These values, or dimension members, represent all levels of aggregation.

Schema: The schema in which the cube dimension is created.

Name: A simple name for the cube dimension object that complies with the rules for first-class database object names. Enter underscores where you want spaces in the default labels.

Analytic Workspace: The name of the analytic workspace in which the cube dimension is created.

Dimension Type: Select the type that describes the dimension members:

Standard: Identifies business items such as products or customers, but not time periods or measures.
Time: Identifies time periods. The dimension must have end date and time span attributes:
- End date identifies the last day in each time period.
- Time span identifies the number of days in each time period.
If a dimension has time periods for its members but does not have these attributes, then you can define the dimension as a standard dimension. However, you cannot use a standard dimension to perform time-based analysis. Time dimensions must also have at least one level to be usable in time series calculations.

Short Label: A short descriptive name for display where space is limited, which can contain mixed case, spaces, and symbols.

Long Label: A long descriptive name for display, which can contain mixed case, spaces, and symbols.

Description: Additional descriptive text, which can contain mixed case, spaces, and symbols.

Dimension Class Type:

Measure Dimension: A standard dimension that lists the names of the measures in the cube. A measure dimension enables you to generate a specific calculated measure for all the measures in the cube in one step.
None: The class type of all other dimensions, which are not measure dimensions.

Sort Attribute: Identifies a sorting method. All methods sort alphanumerically within the parent.

<None>: Sorts the dimension members by name.
ATTRIBUTE_NAME: Sorts the dimension members by the values of the specified attribute.

Use these options to customize the sort order:

Ascending: Sorts from lowest to highest.
Descending: Sorts from highest to lowest.
Nulls First: Lists nulls first in the sort order. Otherwise, nulls appear last.