type
Indicates the type of dimension as either a measure, time, regular, or currency.
Content model
Content type is NMTOKEN.
The possible values of this element are restricted to the following.
- regular
Specifies that the dimension is a regular dimension. A regular dimension contains a hierarchy of levels or represents a parent/child hierarchy of members.
- time
Defines the dimension as a time dimension.
- measure
Specifies that the dimension is a measure or fact dimension. A measure dimension contains measures. It may also contain query items representing the foreign keys of the dimension connected to the measure dimension. In the case of a model measure dimension, query items are not required.
- currency
Specifies that the dimension is a currency dimension. Currency dimensions are only valid for OLAP data sources.