[Mondrian] Using global dimension, but applying local level names

[Julian Hyde]

No way to do that currently.

A few thoughts.

1. The following Mondrian feature would solve the problem. Allow details of a dimension to be changed when it is used. For example,

<DimensionUsage source='Time' name='Registration Date'>
 <Hierarchy name='Monthly Calendar'>
   <Level source='Year' caption='Registration Date - Year'/>
   <Level source='Month' caption='Registration Date - Month'/>
   <Level source='Day in Month' caption='Registration Date - Day in Month'/>
 </Hierarchy>
</DimensionUsage>

Note that this doesn't fully re-specify the dimension, just allows you to override particular metadata attributes.

If you think this would help, please log a jira case.

2. It also doesn't seem appropriate for Analyzer to assume that level names are unique within a cube. Maybe it should qualify them if the levels being displayed are not unique. Benny, what do you think?

3. A cube that has 28 uses of the same global dimension has some issues. Is this a hacky workaround to some other problem or missing feature? What's the underlying problem.

Julian


On Nov 3, 2011, at 6:47 AM, Diethard Steiner wrote:

> Hi,
> It's extremely convenient to use global dimensions. In my case, I have one global date dimension and reuse it about 28 times.
> The problem though is, that while I can assign a local dimension name, the levels will still have the same name as the global level name.
> 
> In example:
> global:
> Date/Monthly Calendar/Year/Month/Day in Month
> local:
> Registration Date/Monthly Calendar/Year/Month/Day in Month
> 
> What I'd like to see in a GUI like Analyzer is:
> Registration Date/Registration Date - Monthly Calendar/Registration Date - Year/Registration Date- Month/Registration Date - Day in Month
> 
> Otherwise if somebody does a search for month, they will get returned 28 "months" ... so there is not way to differentiate them ("Registration Date - Month", "Cancellation Date - Month" would be more meaningful).
> 
> Is there a way to achieve this by making some modifications to the schema?
> Thanks,
> Diethard
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