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Name, caption and id in icCube

In Mondrian all cubes, measures, dimensions, hierarchies, levels, properties have two identifiers: a unique name, for schema definition and a caption, displayed to the user, which may not be unique.

I am wondering if the same concept is in the distinction between id and name attributes of the dimension tag in icc-schema xml?

I did not found anything similar for hierarchy, level and properties. Correct?

Solution

  • Within the dimension XML definition:

    "id" is used internally by icCube to link facts to dimensions.

    "name" is what being displayed to the end user and is used in MDX to identify the dimension within a query.

    Hierarchies and levels are used differently so there is no such needs.

    Hope that helps.