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.

Parent elements

dimension