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Object documentation Export Parameter: Dimensions  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

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Result: DIMENSIONS

Significance

The Dimensions export parameter returns DIMENSIONS as a result.

The parameter consists of a table with the following fields:

Name

Description

CAT_NAM

CATALOG name, to which the CUBE belongs

CUBE_NAM

CUBE name

DIM_NAM

DIMENSION name (BW InfoObject with type characteristic)

Note

BW uses a global InfoObject catalog, in which all InfoObjects are stored with their properties for all data structures. For this reason, an InfoObject name can only be allocated once.

DIM_UNAM

DIMENSION unique name

DIM_UID

Unique ID (UUID) in compressed form

DIM_CAP

Description (caption)

DIM_ORDINAL

DIMENSION ordinal number within the CUBE

DIM_TYPE

DIMENSION type (TIME,MEASURE)

DIM_CARDINALITY

DIMENSION cardinality (estimated number of members)

This entry is the highest estimate, but not an exact specification of the number of entities that can be related to one another.

DFLT_HRY

Default hierarchy unique name

DSCRPTN

Description

Note

You can find additional information about the individual parameter fields in the corresponding data element documentation in the ABAP Dictionary.

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