1. Administering and Working with Oracle Enterprise Data Management Cloud
  2. Administration
  3. Working with Applications
  4. Understanding Dimensions
  5. Working with Unbound Dimensions

Working with Unbound Dimensions

Unbound dimensions are created outside of the application registration process and do not get imported or exported. You can use unbound dimensions to manage complex data sets such as related value sets, account combinations, and multi-dimensional mappings in Oracle Enterprise Data Management Cloud.

You can load data into unbound dimension viewpoints by using request load files (see Making Changes Using a Load File) and extract data using extracts (see Working With Extracts).

Considerations

  • You must be a Service Administrator or have Owner or Metadata Manager permission on an application in order to create an unbound dimension.
  • Unbound dimensions are not displayed in the application registration wizard or the import and export screens. You can define extracts for unbound dimensions.
  • Unbound dimensions cannot contain bound or partially bound data chains.
  • You cannot convert an unbound dimension to a bound dimension.
  • Unbound dimensions cannot have the same name as bound dimensions within an application. If you modify an application registration to add a bound dimension, you cannot use the names of any unbound dimensions for that application during the registration process.
  • When you create an unbound dimension in a Universal application that is in Draft status, the application status is changed to Active.

To create an unbound dimension:

  1. Inspect the application that you want to create the unbound dimension in.
  2. On the Dimensions tab, click Create.
  3. From Type, select Unbound.
  4. Enter a name and (optionally) a description for the dimension, and then click Save.

    Note:

    The dimension cannot have the same name as any other bound, unbound, or lookup dimensions in the application.

    The dimension is displayed in the dimension inspector.

After you have created an unbound dimension, you can use it just like a bound dimension when creating viewpoints and other user defined data chain objects and properties. You can also create extracts for the dimension, and add permissions, policies, and custom validations. However, you cannot create bindings for an unbound dimension, or use it for importing and exporting data.