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Best Practices for SAP BI using DB2 9 for z/OS - IBM Redbooks

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supported by the data source, a hierarchy of levels. For example, a geography<br />

dimension might include levels <strong>for</strong> continent, country, state, and city.<br />

The related term in <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>BI</strong> systems is characteristic.<br />

In <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>BI</strong> systems:<br />

A grouping of those evaluation groups (characteristics) that belong together<br />

under a common superordinate term.<br />

With the definition of an InfoCube, characteristics are grouped together into<br />

dimensions in order to store them in a star schema table (dimension table).<br />

Element<br />

A general term indicating any item used to create a model, including:<br />

components, connectors and operators.<br />

Enterprise service<br />

A Web service defined to per<strong>for</strong>m functions of an <strong>SAP</strong> system. Web services are<br />

published to and stored within a repository.<br />

Field<br />

An element of a table that contains a single piece of data. Fields are organized<br />

into rows, which contain all the data relevant <strong>for</strong> one specific entry in the table. In<br />

some databases, field is a synonym <strong>for</strong> column.<br />

Filter<br />

A set of criteria that restricts the set of records returned as the result of a query.<br />

With filters, you define which subset of data appears in the result set.<br />

Hierarchy<br />

A logical tree structure that organizes the members of a dimension into a<br />

parent-child relationship. If supported by the data source, the hierarchy consists<br />

of levels, where the top level is an aggregate of all members and each<br />

subsequent level has zero or more child members.<br />

InfoArea<br />

An element <strong>for</strong> grouping meta-objects in the Business In<strong>for</strong>mation Warehouse.<br />

Each InfoProvider is assigned to an InfoArea. The resulting hierarchy is<br />

displayed in the Administrator Workbench.<br />

InfoCube<br />

An <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>BI</strong> system that consists of a quantity of relational tables created<br />

according to the star schema: a largE- fact table in the center, with several<br />

dimension tables surrounding it. It provides a self-contained dataset which can<br />

be used <strong>for</strong> analysis and reporting.<br />

Appendix A. Glossary <strong>for</strong> <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>BI</strong> 295

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