Each record in your data set can be tagged with zero, one, or more dimension values within each dimension.

In the illustration below, Bottle A is tagged with the Red dimension value in the Wine Type dimension, and with the USA dimension value in the Country dimension.

By using multiple dimensions to classify your Endeca records, you make it possible to perform navigation queries that include multiple dimensions, such as those in the following example:

In this example, a navigation query is used. A navigation query returns a set of records based on user-selected characteristics, along with any follow-on information.

If an Endeca record is tagged with dimension values from multiple dimensions, a user can navigate to the record using any of the dimension values. Thus, tagging a record with multiple dimension values creates multiple navigation paths to that record. The navigation queries in both of the following examples produce the same results: