diff b/w dimension and regular dimension



diff b/w dimension and regular dimension..

Answer / varma

dimension are descriptive information. for example customer
name,address. where as regular dimensions are used to create
the hierarchies in dimensions. for example let us take
product dimension.

u can create hierarchies in product dimension using regular
dimension. u can create hierarchies as product
number,product name, product line code,product description.

the regular dimensions are used in analysis studio for drill
down and drill up methods

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