Data Mining Dimensions
Although data mining dimensions are shared dimensions, they differ from other types of shared dimensions in several ways. Unlike other types of shared dimensions, data mining dimensions cannot be created in Dimension Editor, and they must be based on OLAP data mining models. Furthermore, they cannot be edited after they have been created, they do not support dimension security through database or cube roles, and they can be included only in
Data mining dimensions can be created in either the Dimension Wizard or the Mining Model Wizard. If you use the Dimension Wizard to create your data mining dimension, you can use an existing OLAP mining model. If you use the Mining Model Wizard to create a data mining dimension, you can create the new dimension at the same time that you create the new OLAP mining model it is based on. When creating a dimension with the Mining Model Wizard, you also have the option of creating a virtual cube to contain the new data mining dimension and the source cube of the mining model. If you choose not to create a virtual cube to contain the data mining dimension while you are in the Mining Model Wizard, you can use the Virtual Cube Wizard later to add it to an existing or new virtual cube.
To view the members of a data mining dimension, use Dimension Browser. Excluding the top node of a mining model that is based on either the Microsoft® Decision Trees or the Microsoft Clustering algorithm, each level member of the dimension represents the rule corresponding to a node in the mining model. You can view the Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) statement used to generate the rule in the custom member formulas pane of Dimension Browser.
Important Data mining dimensions can contain custom rollup formulas and custom members; therefore, data mining dimensions cannot be used with regular cubes containing distinct count measures. This limitation does not apply to virtual cubes.
See Also
Introduction to Data Mining Models
Creating OLAP Data Mining Models
Create a Dimension and Virtual Cube (Mining Model Wizard)