PowerDesigner supports all the objects necessary to build multidimensional diagrams.
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Object |
Tool |
Symbol |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Cube |
|
 |
Collection of measures related to aspects of the business and used to carry out a decision support investigation. See Cubes (PDM). |
|
Dimension |
|
 |
Axis of investigation of a cube (time, product, geography). See Dimensions (PDM). |
|
Attribute |
[none] |
[none] |
Used to qualify a dimension. For example, attribute Year qualifies the Date dimension. See Attributes (PDM). |
|
Fact |
[none] |
[none] |
Group of measures used among cubes. See Facts (PDM). |
|
Measure |
[none] |
[none] |
Variable linked to a fact, used as the focus of a decision support investigation. See Measures (PDM). |
|
Hierarchy |
[none] |
[none] |
Organizational structure that describes a traversal pattern though a dimension. See Hierarchies (PDM). |
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Association |
|
 |
Association that relates a cube to a dimension. See Associations (PDM). |