Cube Definiition

Its like a Rubiks cube, looking at data from 3 dimensions(or more),

check out oracle docs on cube.

joe

KENNETH JANUSZ wrote:

>I am not familiar with the term "cube". Could someone give me a short
>definition?
>
>Thanks,
>Ken Janusz, CPIM
>
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>
>Their OLAP tool is PowerPlay. Their report writer is Impromptu. Which
>product are they pushing on you?
>
>I think PowerPlay is a great tool and easy to use. When we first bought it
>(3 or 4 years ago), I had a cube built within a day. It was much cheaper and
>easier to use the Oracle Express.
>
>Building a cube can hit your system pretty hard (all of the data needs to be
>read to summarize it into a cube). You build your cubes off hours and you
>don't let users build them on demand.
>
>
>
>Jay Hostetter
>Oracle DBA
>D. & E. Communications
>Ephrata, PA USA
>
>>>>john.weatherman_at_replacements.com 07/18/02 12:08PM >>>
>>>>
>Anybody have any experience with "Cognos"? We've got a bhb that thinks its
>the solution for giving every end user access to the raw data
>(groan...loudly!)... I've argued every which-a-way against the concept, now
>I have to fight the specifics....
>
>HELP!
>
>John P Weatherman
>Database Administrator
>Replacements Ltd.
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