7 Working with Attributes

You can use attributes to describe characteristics of Essbase data, such as product size and color. Through attributes, you can group and analyze members of dimensions based on their characteristics.

• Process for Creating Attributes

• Understanding Attributes

• Understanding Attribute Dimensions

• Designing Attribute Dimensions

• Building Attribute Dimensions

• Setting Member Names in Attribute Dimensions

• Calculating Attribute Data

• Non-Aggregating Attributes

• Submitting Data for Valid Attribute Combinations in the Grid

• Suppressing Invalid Attribute Combinations in the Grid

Some information in this chapter applies only to block storage databases and is not relevant to aggregate storage databases. Also see Comparison of Aggregate and Block Storage.