Number of dimension members

Hi! :) Can anyone advise on what are recommendations on the max number of dimension members for each HP dimension taking into account that the cube can be alone and can be partitioned? Thanx! :-)
Edited by: user10129034 on 29.05.2009 0:24

I will take a stab at this...just went to Essbase boot camp and the question you ask is a loaded question.
Because of its multi-dimensional architecture and its data storage in 'blocks'...the answer is 'it depends'.
One of the critical issue with dimensions and its members is 'Is the dimension Spare or Dense'?
Best practices is to have minimal amount of Dense dimensions (which makes up your block size) than of Spare dimensions (which determines the amount of blocks you have)
In my training this question was asked from a DBA used to transactional database and asked what the max is.
The instructor indicated there really isn't a limit, clearly defined.
I thought I saw something in the essbase admin but I am unable to find it if someone could add it would be great
so if you have several dimensions or dimensions with several members you need to determine their density which in turn dictates the system performance and functionality.
JTS
Edited by: jts on May 29, 2009 7:18 AM

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