A multidimensional database (MDB) is a type of database that is optimized for data warehouse and online analytical processing (OLAP) applications. MDBs are frequently created using input from existing ...

It stores the information that calendar month eight (August) is in quarter three a total of 31 times for every year that is held in the table. But that is fine because these structures are not built ...

The decision making processes need to reflect changes in the business world in a multidimensional way. This paper includes also similar way of viewing the data for carrying out key decisions that ...

Excerpt from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Unleashed by Irina Gorbach, Alexander Berger, Edward Melomed Chapter 1: Introduction to OLAP and Its Role in Business Intelligence Excerpt from ...

Junk dimensions are often misunderstood and avoided. And they should not be. Junk dimensions offer a strategy to remain true to dimensional intentions and to better focus one’s design and sometimes ...