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Orientation to the Model Contents Area

Orientation to the Model Contents Area

The Model Contents area lists the contents of the cube that you are currently viewing. For this tutorial, select Dimensions from the drop-down list; this option displays the measures and dimensions in the given cube.

The top section shows named sets, but this tutorial does not use these. Below that, this area includes the following sections:

Measures

The Measures section lists all measures in the cube. For example:

generated description: modelcont measures

You can have two types of measures, indicated by different icons:

generated description: modelcont icon measure Standard measures
generated description: modelcont icon measure calc Calculated measures, which are defined in terms of other measures

Dimensions

The Dimensions section lists the dimensions and the levels, members, and properties that they contain. (It also contains any non-measure calculated members, as well as any sets; this page does not discuss these items.)

Click the triangle next to any dimension name to expand it. A dimension contains at least one level and may also include a special member known as the All member. In the following example, the AgeD dimension includes an All member named All Patients, as well as the levels Age Group, Age Bucket, and Age.

generated description: modelcont level expanded

If you expand a level, the system displays the members of that level. For example:

generated description: modelcont level with members

If a level also includes properties, the system shows those properties in blue font, at the start of the list, with a different icon. For example, the City level includes the Population and Principal Export properties:

generated description: modelcont level with properties

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