Dimension

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In a database, dimensions provide structured, categorical information about the data, such as time, geography, or product categories.

In a database, dimensions provide structured, categorical information about numeric measures (observations). The primary functions of dimensions are typically to provide filtering, grouping and labelling.

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Common dimensions in statistics and open data are for example age groups, gender and date.

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