Dimension Load

The Dimension Load writes data into a dimension in the In-Memory DB (OLAP). The Dimension Load dialog consists of different sections of settings, where you can:

• Describe your Dimension Load.

• Define the data source, target connection, target dimension, elements mode, consolidations mode, and attribute mode.

• Define the dimension type and generate a default subset. Also, you can choose to add virtual dimensions to the load.

The load is formed in the following three consecutive steps, which are executed when they have been activated and the appropriate data is available in the data source:

1. Load elements: dimension elements are loaded (flat)
2. Load consolidations: hierarchical relationships between the dimension elements are loaded
3. Load attributes: attribute values for the elements are loaded

The settings for Dimension Loads are described in the table below.

Settings

Data source	The source is an extract or transform containing the dimension data. If it is a tree, the dimension can be created including consolidations and attributes. If not, only flat elements and attributes can be created. In this case, the first column has to contain the element name and the other columns may contain attributes.
Target connection	Connection to a Jedox OLAP Server.
Target dimension	Name of the OLAP dimension. If the dimension is not present, it will be created during the load.
Elements mode	This field is required. create The dimension and referencing cube are deleted, and the dimension is created anew. Deletes existing elements and creates new ones in the order of the source. If the advanced option Generate default subsets is selected, then predefined subsets will also be added to newly created dimensions. update Existing elements that are not in the data source are deleted, and new elements are created. The result is nearly the same as that of "create"; only the order of elements is different. New elements are added at the end of the dimension. If the advanced option Generate default subsets is selected, then predefined subsets will also be added to newly created dimensions. add Adds new elements at the end of the dimension. The elements existing in the dimension before the add operation are not deleted. insert Adds new elements in the order of the source. The elements existing in the dimension before the insert operation are not deleted. If the advanced option Generate default subsets is selected, then predefined subsets will also be added to newly created dimensions. Note: new elements are inserted behind the preceding, already existing source elements. New elements that are on the first positions in the source, before any existing elements, are inserted at the end. The ordering of already existing elements is not changed. delete Deletes all transferred elements. Elements of the data source are deleted in the dimension, all other elements remain. inactive Elements will not be loaded.
Consolidations mode	This field is required. update All existing consolidations are deleted, and transferred consolidations are created. add Adds new consolidations. All existing consolidations remain. insert Adds new consolidations, keeping only one parent element per child node: For all new consolidations, existing consolidations with the same child node to other parent nodes are deleted, keeping the last parent element and its child nodes that were found in the source. For all existing consolidations not included in the source, the first parent element and its child nodes found in the list of dimension elements is kept. The resulting dimension has only one parent for each node. insertParallel Adds new consolidations. Existing consolidations with the same child node to other parent nodes in the same hierarchy (i.e. under the same root node) are deleted. The resulting dimension has only one parent for each node in every parallel hierarchy. insertParallelRetain Adds new consolidations, almost the same as insertParallel. However, there is a difference between the precedence of the consolidations: In the insertParallel, if a child element already has multiple parents before the Dimension Load, the new consolidations of the source have precedence (i.e., they will be in the resulting dimension after the load). In the insertParallelRetain, if a child element already has multiple parents before the Dimension Load, the already existing consolidations of the dimensions have precedence. delete Deletes all transferred consolidations. inactive Consolidations will not be loaded.
Attributes mode	This field is required. create Deletes existing attributes and creates new ones in the order of the source. update Existing attributes that are not in the data source are deleted, and new attributes are created. This option writes all attribute values in the source. add New attribute values are created. All existing values are overwritten if the new value is not empty/0 for string/numeric attributes. insert New attribute values are created. All existing values are overwritten. delete Deletes all transferred attributes. Attributes in the data source are deleted in the dimension, and all other elements remain. inactive Attributes will not be loaded.

In a Dimension Load, when an Elements mode is selected and the fields for Consolidations mode and Attributes mode are empty, those fields are automatically populated with the default load modes. For Elements modes update, add, insert, delete, and inactive, the Consolidations and Attributes modes are populated with the same mode as Elements. For Elements mode create, Consolidations mode is populated with update and Attributes mode is updated with create.

Dimension type	Select a dimension type (or no type) for a dimension that is created during the load.
Generate default subsets	When checked, creates predefined subsets when a dimension is created during the load.

Updated July 8, 2024