
Database Outlines
Understanding the database outline is the key to understanding Essbase. To define a
multidimensional database, you design its database outline. The database outline contains the
database organization (structure), the database members, and the database rules, as shown in
Figure 4:
Figure 4 Essbase Database Outline
The application designer or Essbase system administrator usually creates the database outline.
For more information on creating the database outline, see the Hyperion Essbase - System 9
Database Administrator's Guide.
The components of the database outline are as follows:
● Dimensions
● Members
● Attributes
● Formulas
● Aliases
● Consolidations
Refer to the following topics for descriptions of the outline components.
Dimensions
Dimensions are the most basic categorical definitions of data within the database outline. You
need at least two dimensions to make any meaningful reference to data; for example, a time
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