Multidimensional approaches and normalized approaches establish different designs and have differing goals. However, understanding the nature of one’s data is always important. Therefore, it is always ...

In fact, an entirely new data model, called a "multidimensional" database -- which stores information in a way that simplifies access from many different dimensions or indexes -- is gaining popularity ...

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — The newest version of a multidimensional database from InterSystems has several features aimed at adapting the product for high-performance Internet applications. Caché 4.0 gets ...

Excerpt from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Unleashed by Irina Gorbach, Alexander Berger, Edward Melomed Chapter 1: Introduction to OLAP and Its Role in Business Intelligence Excerpt from ...

Junk dimensions are often misunderstood and avoided. And they should not be. Junk dimensions offer a strategy to remain true to dimensional intentions and to better focus one's design and sometimes ...

InterSystems Corp., a provider of database systems, will make its CACHE database available for Mac OS X early next year. Already used by developers building transaction processing applications on ...

Unlike the name implies, the cube represents data across some measure of interest. Even if it is called a “cube”, it can have 2 dimensions, 3 dimensions, or even higher dimensions. With an OLAP cube, ...

Traditional measures of poverty have focused on income or expenditure based on a minimum threshold required to purchase a basket of essential goods and services. However, important aspects of ...