2.2.

A MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA MODEL 17

location
(countries) location
US (cities)
Chicago
Canada
New York
Montreal
Q1
Vancouver
Q2 January 150K
time 100K
(quarters) February
Q3 time March 150K
(months) April
May
Q4
June
computer security July
home phone August
entertainment September
item October
(types)
November
December
computer security
home phone
drill-down entertainment
on time item
(types)
roll-up (from quarters
on location to months)
(from cities to countries)

location
(cities)
Chicago
New York slice
Montreal
for time="Q2"
Vancouver Chicago
location
605K 825K 14K 400K (cities)
Q1 New York

time Q2
(quarters) Montreal

Q3 Vancouver

Q4 computer security
home phone
computer security entertainment
home phone item
entertainment (types)
item
(types)

dice for
(location="Montreal" or "Vancouver") and pivot
(time="Q1" or "Q2") and
(item="home entertainment" or "computer")

home
location item entertainment
(cities) Montreal (types)
computer
Vancouver
Q1 phone
time
(quarters)
Q2 security

computer New York Vancouver

home Chicago Montreal
entertainment location
item (cities)
(types)

Figure 2.10: Examples of typical OLAP operations on multidimensional data.