This procedure creates a dimension and hierarchy. By default, the dimension name that
you specified is used as the caption of the dimension, and as the name and caption of
the hierarchy. You can specify different names and captions.
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Select .
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In the Database
Structure widget, select the database to which to add a
dimension.
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Select and click New Dimension in the Dimensions of
[database_name] widget.
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For the dimension and the hierarchy, specify this information:
- Name
- Specify the name of the new dimension or hierarchy.
- Caption
- The specified dimension name is copied to the Caption field. Optionally,
specify a different caption.
- Description
- Optionally, specify a description of the dimension or
hierarchy.
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Click Next.
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Specify the name of the default element.
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Optionally, enable localized captions, and specify in which
attribute table to store the captions.
If enabled, an attribute table field is created for each
language in the application.
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Optionally, enable dimension access control, and specify the name of the DAC
cube to create.
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Optionally, specify the type of the dimension to create and
click Finish.