Dimensions view reference

The Dimensions view has settings for handling data for multidimensional analysis and uses buttons to specify those settings.

Buttons

The following are buttons found in the Configure and Edit modes.

Name Description Function
Add Button Adds a dimension to a row, column or page dimensions. Added dimensions disappear from the Available dimensions list.
Remove Button Removes a row, column or page dimension and moves it back to the Available dimensions list.
Default Button Changes the current data settings according to the user role and the mode of the view. See Handling data below.
Restore Button Changes the data current settings according to the user role and the mode of the view. See Handling data below.
Show informational text Check box Shows the instructional text on the top of the view pages.

Handling data

Selecting, viewing and restoring the data in the Dimensions view depends on user role and the view mode.

Selecting data

The following table is a summary for each user role and the type of data he/she can select in the Configure and Edit modes:
User role Mode Settings Description
Administrator Configure Initial settings The Administrator specifies the primary settings of the view. This is done through the first configuration page in the view, where the Administrator can see and modify the data display. This may include: dimension selection, arrangement of layouts For example, the Administrator can select the Row, Column, and Page dimensions. .
Administrator Configure Configuration settings The Administrator can make some adjustments over the Initial settings. This is done through the second configuration page in the view, where the Administrator can see and modify the arrangement of dimensions in the table and chart. For example, moving a Row dimension to be a Page dimension.
Privileged User Edit Personal settings The Privileged User can make further adjustments over the Configuration settings. For example, moving a Row dimension to be a Page dimension.

Viewing data

The following table is a summary for the type of data that users can view in the View mode:
User role Mode Settings Description
Administrator or Privileged User View One of the following: Personal setting, Configuration settings, or Initial settings. If the Personal settings are unavailable due to an error in retrieving the settings, and if there is a problem in retrieving the Configuration settings , the Initial settings are used for displaying the information in the View mode.

Restoring data

The following table is a summary for each user role and the data he/she she can restore by using the Default and Restore buttons:
User role Mode Button Function
Administrator Configure Default Loads the last saved Initial settings.
Administrator Configure Restore Restores the last saved Configuration settings of the data, if available. Otherwise, the view will be rendered according to the last saved Initial settings.
Privileged User Edit Default Brings back the last saved Configuration settings of the data, if available. Otherwise, the view will be rendered according to the last saved Initial settings.
Privileged User Edit Restore Loads the last saved Personal settings of the data, if available. Otherwise, the view will be rendered according to the last saved Configuration settings, if available; otherwise, the last saved Initial settings.

Reading dimensional data

The Dimensions view displays data in the form of data layout panel (dimensions tree), table (grid), and graph (chart), as well as page filter (page dimension). Each of these forms is knows as a blox, as in the context of building blocks. To present the data within each blox in one page, the view uses a PresentBlox from DB2® Alphablox. The PresentBlox appears in the Configuration (preview) and View modes.

The following image is an example for a PresentBlox that contains a data layout panel, a grid, and a chart.

PresentBlox

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