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public interface Dimension
An organized hierarchy of categories, known as levels, that describes data in a cube.
A Dimension typically describes a similar set of members upon which the user wants to base an analysis.
A Dimension must have at least one Hierarchy, and may have more than one, but most have exactly one Hierarchy.
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Dimension.Type
Enumeration of the types of a Dimension . |
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Hierarchy |
getDefaultHierarchy()
Returns the default Hierarchy of this Dimension. |
Dimension.Type |
getDimensionType()
Returns the type of this Dimension. |
NamedList<Hierarchy> |
getHierarchies()
Returns the hierarchies in this Dimension. |
Methods inherited from interface org.olap4j.metadata.MetadataElement |
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getCaption, getDescription, getName, getUniqueName |
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NamedList<Hierarchy> getHierarchies()
Many dimensions have only one Hierarchy, whose name is the same as the Dimension.
The caller should assume that the list is immutable; if the caller modifies the list, behavior is undefined.
OlapDatabaseMetaData.getHierarchies(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
Dimension.Type getDimensionType() throws OlapException
OlapException
- if database error occursHierarchy getDefaultHierarchy()
Hierarchy
of this Dimension.
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