dimensions-analysis-services-multidimensional-data.md

title	Dimensions (Analysis Services - Multidimensional Data) | Microsoft Docs
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Dimensions (Analysis Services - Multidimensional Data)

In [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] [!INCLUDEssASnoversion], dimensions are a fundamental component of cubes. Dimensions organize data with relation to an area of interest, such as customers, stores, or employees, to users. Dimensions in [!INCLUDEssASnoversion] contain attributes that correspond to columns in dimension tables. These attributes appear as attribute hierarchies and can be organized into user-defined hierarchies, or can be defined as parent-child hierarchies based on columns in the underlying dimension table. Hierarchies are used to organize measures that are contained in a cube. The following topics provide an overview of dimensions, attributes, and hierarchies.

In This Section

Topic	Description
Introduction to Dimensions (Analysis Services - Multidimensional Data)	Provides an overview of dimension concepts.
Attributes and Attribute Hierarchies	Describes attributes and attribute hierarchies.
User Hierarchies	Describes user-defined hierarchies of attributes.
Write-Enabled Dimensions	Describes write-enabled dimensions.
Dimension Translations	Describes translations of dimension meta data.

See Also

Dimensions in Multidimensional Models
Cube Objects (Analysis Services - Multidimensional Data)