named sets

Named sets are customised lists which can be used in place of, or with, the levels in a dimension. For example, a Region dimension might contain the regions Asia, Europe, Middle East, Americas, North America, South America, Australia/Pacific and Africa, but not the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa). A named set could be used for the EMEA region.

Named sets are created in the OLAP database where they are referred to as subsets.