attribute

Adds information to a database dimension. For example, a dimension containing product details might include the names of the product managers as an attribute. Or, if the product names and codes in the dimension are not familiar to users or customers, ’friendly’ names might be used as attributes. Attributes are created in the OLAP database. Application Studio contains some intrinsic attributes. You cannot write back values to intrinsic attributes. In Analysis Services, OLAP attributes are called element properties. Attribute captions are displayed in the Attributes pane of the server list designer. To find the unique name of an attribute, browse to the attribute in the Database Structure and click Properties.