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DB2 Cube Views: A Primer
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DB2 Cube Views: A Primer

by Corinne Baragoin, Geetha Balasubramaniam, Bhuvaneshwari Chandrasekharan, Landon DelSordo, Jan B. Lillelund, Julie Maw, Annie Neroda, Paulo Pereira, Jo A. Ramos
September 2003
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
754 pages
18h 9m
English
IBM Redbooks
Content preview from DB2 Cube Views: A Primer
Chapter 7. Accessing dimensional data in DB2 using QMF for Windows 263
Figure 7-18 Slices of the product dimension
Drill through
Drill through refers to a specific analytical OLAP technique of switch from a cube
(multidimensional data model) to the primary relational data. Since QMF for
Windows is a complete relational query and reporting tool, the underlying
relational tables that develop the cube can be accessed and viewed as in
Figure 7-19.
Figure 7-19 Portion of CONSUMER table from a relational view
7.5 OLAP report examples and benefits
In order to support multidimensional data via DB2 Cube Views, QMF for
Windows v7.2f provides users with th ...
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