Creating A New Dimension; Creating Dimensions In The Dimension Map Using Relational Data Sources; Creating Dimensions From The Dimension Map Using Olap And Dmr Packages - IBM Cognos User Manual

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Creating a New Dimension

You need to create a dimension for each aspect of the business that your users
want to analyze.
Note: Scenario dimensions are not considered a separate dimension type. For more
information about setting up scenario dimensions, see "Define a Scenario
Dimension and a Cube Opening Level" on page 69.
For relational, DMR, and OLAP data sources, you insert new dimensions from the
Dimension Map.
Creating Dimensions in the Dimension Map Using Relational
Data Sources
You need to create a dimension for each aspect of the business that your users
want to analyze.
For a relational data source, the steps are basically the same for regular and time
dimensions. However, for the latter, you must specify whether to create the
standard time levels (Year, Quarter, and Month) or a custom set (Lunar Week,
Lunar Day, and so on).
Procedure
1. In the Dimension Map, click a dimension in the dimension line to ensure that
2. From the Edit menu, click Insert Dimension.
3. In the Dimension name box, type a name for the new dimension.
4. In the Dimension type box, do one of the following:
5. When you have finished setting the required properties on each of the other
Creating Dimensions from the Dimension Map Using OLAP
and DMR Packages
You need to create a dimension for each aspect of the business that your users
want to analyze.
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no level is currently selected.
A new dimension is inserted to the right of the selected dimension.
Tip: If the Dimension Map is active, but no dimension is selected, the new
dimension will be inserted at the left-most position on the Dimension Map.
v Click Regular to create any dimension that does not track time.
For more information, see "Adding Levels and Categories to a Dimension"
on page 61.
v Click Time to create a dimension that contains periods such as years,
quarters, months, and days.
For more information, see "Setting Up the Time Dimension" on page 70.
tabs in the Dimension property sheet, click OK.