Can any one give the example for slicing and dicing of
data ?(with simple query)

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Can any one give the example for slicing and dicing of data ?(with simple query)..

Answer / ericmilic.com

Slicing -taking a specific segment of info out of the data. eg. total number of units sold for a product over a specific time frame
vs
Dicing - taking a specific segment but a more detailed view of info, eg. overall sales for specific product, produced by different mfg over specific time in specific region.

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Can any one give the example for slicing and dicing of data ?(with simple query)..

Answer / madhavi

Slicing is a vertical view of a report and
dicing is a horizontal view of a report. simple....

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Can any one give the example for slicing and dicing of data ?(with simple query)..

Answer / neelima

example:consider a product example car and the ways
received orders.
product name order method
maruthi telephone booking
alto telephone booking
Mercedez telephone booking
maruthi fax booking
maruthi agent
.....

so when you do sliciing and dicing if you want to display
all the products sold through internet it will display all
product sold by internet booking.ie viewing the data in
different prespectives. we basically use this concept while
dealing with cubes.

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