Create/Edit Analytic View: General

Analytic views organize data using a dimensional model, allowing you to easily add aggregations and calculations to data sets and present data in views that can be queried with relatively simple SQL.

Schema: The schema in which to create the analytic view or the schema in which the analytic view exists.

Name: A simple name for the analytic view object in the database, adhering to the rules for first-class database object names. Enter underscores where you want spaces to appear in the default classifications.

Force create object: Select this option to force the creation of the analytic view even if it does not successfully compile. If this option is not selected, the analytic view must compile successfully, otherwise an error occurs.

Caption: A simple name for the analytic view object, adhering to the rules for first-class database object names. Enter underscores where you want spaces in the default labels.

Description: Descriptive text, which can contain mixed case, spaces, and symbols.

Source: Specifies the table, view, or synonym that is the source of the facts for the measures of the analytic view. To select a source, enter the name of a fact table or click the Source button.

Attribute Dimensions

Lists the attribute dimensions that identify the facts from the source. The Attribute Dimensions table can display the attribute dimension name, its alias, its key column in the source table, the attribute dimension attribute it references, and whether the key column is from a denormalized fact table.

To add an attribute dimension, click Add (). Select an attribute dimension then click OK.

To delete the selected attribute dimension, click Delete ().

To move the selected attribute dimension up or down in the list, click Up () or Down ().

To specify or change an attribute dimension alias, select the row in the As Dimension Alias column for the attribute dimension and enter an alias or modify the existing alias.

To change the key source column, select the row in the KEY Source Column column for the attribute dimension, expand the drop-down list, and select a different column.

To change the attribute dimension attribute that the attribute dimension references, select the row in the REFERENCES Dimension Attribute columns and enter an attribute or select one from the drop-down list.

To specify that the key source of the attribute dimension is a column in a denormalized fact table, select the option in the Distinct column.