11 February 2009

DBMS: Multidimensional Database (Definitions)

"Database in which the data is presented in data cubes, as opposed to tables in a relational database platform." (Ralph Kimball & Margy Ross, "The Data Warehouse Toolkit" 2nd Ed., 2002)

"A data warehouse design that uses fact tables and dimension tables to organize data efficiently for summarizing large groups of records." (Reed Jacobsen & Stacia Misner, "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Step by Step", 2006)

"A data structure with three or more independent dimensions." (DAMA International, "The DAMA Dictionary of Data Management", 2011)

"Specialized data store that organizes facts by dimensions, such as geographical region, product line, salesperson, or time." (Linda Volonino & Efraim Turban, "Information Technology for Management" 8th Ed., 2011)

"A database optimized for data online analytical processing (OLAP) applications and for data warehousing." (Analytics Insight)

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