Data areas

A data area can be used to define a structure-driven or a data-driven area in a cube to execute specific operation on the incorporated cells.

These conditions can narrow down the data area:

  • The NonExistentCellSuppression attribute to include cells with value of N/A.
  • The UseOnlyBasicElements attribute to exclude consolidated cells.
  • The Alea:Condition tag with the operator and value tags.
  • Subsets by defining Alea:DimFilter tags for the dimensions.

One session can create and use only one data area at a time. A potentially existing data area is destroyed by creating a new one.

A data area can be used only once and only by one operation type (read, set, copy, hash), otherwise the error code 316 returned.