murali

• Jul 28th, 2005

 

Cubes are logical representation of multidimensional data.The edge of the cube contains dimension members and the body of the cube contains data values.

jagadeswar reddy.Palagani

• Aug 7th, 2005

 

Cube is a logical schema which contains facts and dimentions

pat

• Dec 6th, 2005

 

cubes r muti-dimensional view of dw or data marts. it is designed in a logical way to drill, slice-n-dice. every part of the cube is a logical representation of the combination of facts-dimension attribs.

jahnavi.s

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• Sep 20th, 2006

 

yes,cube is a logical representation of data.12 steps are required for the creation of cubes.its mainly used for analysis purpose. we can analyse which product can be sold more in which country all these we available in the cube by performing operatoins like roll-up,drill-down,slice and dice

desaial

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• Aug 20th, 2007

 

CUBE is used in DWH for representing multidimensional data logically.  Using the cube, it is easy to carry out certain activity e.g. drill down / drill up, slice and dice, etc. which enables the business users to understand the trend of the business. It is good to have the design of the cube in the star schema so as to facilitate the effective use of the cube.