Oracle9i OLAP Services Developer's Guide to the OLAP DML Release 1 (9.0.1) Part Number A86720-01 |
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Defining Data Objects, 8 of 9
Metadata is a group of data objects that describes the OLAP DML objects that you define.
The purpose of metadata is to provide you with the flexibility to specify how the OLAP DML objects will be displayed in applications. Therefore, you should use metadata when the way in which OLAP DML objects are displayed matters.
You must define metadata and set its property to YES in order to use that metadata.
This guide provides an appendix that describes all of the metadata that you can define and use. Refer to Appendix A to learn the following:
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