SAP SAC

SAP SAC

1. Using Modeling

   • Explaining Modeling Options
     • Dimensions
       • Dimensions
         • Dimensions represent categories that provide perspective on your numeric data; For example, product category, date, region, cost center, and so on. Dimensions can contain properties that further describe a dimension. For example, you may have a dimension for customer which has properties such as phone number and address to further describe the customer dimension. Dimensions can also be rolled up into a hierarchical view; for example, time (year, quarter, month), geography (country, region, location), employee structure (executive, manager, employee), and so on.
       • Measures
         • Measures represent the numeric values that you are analyzing. For example, sales revenue, salary, number of employees, quantity sold, and so on. Sometimes these quantities are contained in a single dimension referred to as an Account type dimension (and probably with the name Account, or something similar). In this situation, the numeric values represent the line items on a corporate balance sheet, income statement, profit/loss statement, and so on. But you can also present the numeric values as individual elements called Measures.
           • Together, dimensions and measures are the framework for viewing data, whether it be a trend line of revenue over time or a tabular comparison of gross margin across different regions.