About Aggregate Storage

Aggregate storage is the database storage model that supports large-scale, sparsely distributed data that is categorized into many, potentially large dimensions. Selected data values are aggregated and stored, typically with improvements in aggregation time. Aggregate storage is an alternative to block storage (dense-sparse configuration).

A key difference between aggregate storage and block storage is that Oracle Hyperion Planning requires a separate application for each aggregate storage database. Contrast that with a block storage outline application, which can have multiple databases in each application.

For detailed information about aggregate storage, see "Managing Aggregate Storage" in the Oracle Essbase Administration Services Online Help.