Chapter 6. Cube Design
In Chapter 5 you learned to create dimensions using the Dimension Wizard and to refine and enhance dimensions using the Dimension Designer. Dimensions eventually need to be part of your cube for you to analyze data across various dimension members. In previous chapters, you read about the Unified Dimensional Model (UDM). Now, prepare yourself for significantly more detail because all the fact and dimension tables you see when you're looking at a DSV in the Cube Designer comprise the UDM. Yes, the UDM is more than a multiple data-source cube on steroids, but to make it as clear as possible, think of the UDM as a cube for now. In this chapter you learn how to create cubes using the Cube Wizard and enhance the cube using the Cube Designer. You learn to add calculations to your cube that facilitate effective data analysis followed by analyzing the cube data itself in the Cube Designer.
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