Numbers of Applications and dimension in an Appset

Question

Hi!
Are there any recommendations or restrictions on how many applications and dimensions that you can have in one Appset.

Answer 1

Hi Daniel,
The adminmanual that comes with the product indicates that there are some maximums, I have added them below.
Personally I never encounterd/crossed the maximum for the number of dimensions (65.000 is a lot ) or the number of cubes within an appset.
Alwin
document as MS Analysis Services).
MS Analysis Services provides the online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining capability behind
BPC.
Item Specification BPC notes
Dimensions in a database 65,535 maximum, regardless
of the number of cubes or
whether dimensions are shared
or private
There is no limit to the number of
dimensions defined in an AppSet but
an application cannot have more
than 20 dimensions
Levels in a database 65,535 maximum
Cubes in a virtual cube 64 maximum No explicit support for virtual cubes
Measures in a cube 1,024 maximum BPC uses one input measure, and
uses calculated measures for
frequencies.
Useru2019s Guide: SAP BPC Administration
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Item Specification BPC notes
Measures in a virtual cube 2,048 maximum Not applicable.
Dimensions in a cube 128 maximum, including the
Measures dimension
20 is the recommended maximum
number of dimensions for BPC
Levels in a cube 256 maximum
Levels in a dimension 64 maximum The number of levels you can have in
BPC is dependent on the number of
properties in the dimension.
Members in a virtual
dimension created in SQL
Server version 7.0 OLAP
Services
759 maximum No explicit support for virtual
dimension. Virtual dimensions can be
manually created and used in
applications.
Members in a parent 64,000 maximum 5,000 members per dimension
supported for version 2000
Calculated members (server
defined) in a cube
65,535 maximum
Calculated members in a
parent measure in session
context
31,743 maximum
Calculated members in a
parent measure in query
context
31,743 maximum
Calculated members in a
parent dimension member in
session context
759 maximum
Calculated members in a
parent dimension member in
query context
759 maximum
Aggregations per partition 65,535 maximum
Cells returned by a query 2^31-1 = 2,147,483,647 cells
maximum. Although cubes can
be larger than this limit, a
query that requests more than
2^31-1 cells from a cube will
fail
Record size for source
database table
8060 bytes maximum
Length of object name
(except dimension name)
50 characters maximum when
using Analysis Services
Manager. 24 characters
maximum when using
PivotTable® Service
Max. 50 characters for member
names, and 50 characters for
member descriptions
Length of dimension name 24 characters maximum Max. 20 characters for dimension
names, and 50 characters for
dimension descriptions.
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August 2007 Page 171 of 220
Item Specification BPC notes
Length of aggregation prefix 50 characters maximum