Dimensions
The administrator who creates the cubes that
you use as data sources in IBM®
Cognos®
PowerPlay® organizes different aspects of
your business into dimensions. Each dimension has its own folder on
the dimension line, such as Years, Locations, Products, and Channels.
PowerPlay lets you explore dimensions by slicing and dicing. You can
- drill down and up
- filter information
- search for information
- change the information appearing in rows, columns, or layers
To support specialized reporting requirements, the Transformer
modeler can add scenario dimensions to a cube. In the dimension viewer,
a scenario dimension is distinguished from other dimensions by the
scenario dimension icon 
. Scenario dimensions are often used
when budgeting and forecasting, or for planning-related applications.
Unlike regular dimensions, scenario dimensions do not roll up to a
single root category, because that value would not be useful.
Contact your Transformer modeler for more information about using existing scenario dimensions or to determine if new scenario dimensions would be useful to you.