3 Using Discoverer Plus with a multidimensional data source

This chapter introduces Discoverer Plus OLAP and contains the following topics:

• "How can I tell when I am using Discoverer Plus with a multidimensional data source?"

• "What is Discoverer Plus OLAP?"

• "What is online analytic processing (OLAP)?"

• "What are multidimensional data sources?"

• "What are multidimensional cubes?"

• "What are measures?"

• "What are dimensions and dimension members?"

• "What are dimension hierarchies?"

• "What are dimension attributes?"

• "About aggregating and filtering multidimensional data"

• "About applying filters after aggregating multidimensional data"

• "About filters and dimensions"

• "What is the Discoverer Catalog?"

• "About the Discoverer Plus OLAP Tutorial"

• "Where can I find out more about Discoverer Plus OLAP?"