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Oracle® OLAP DML Reference
10g Release 2 (10.2)

Part Number B14346-01
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NAME

NAME is a special dimension that is used by Oracle OLAP to organize the list of objects in a workspace. Its values are the names of the objects defined in the current workspace. (

You cannot explicitly change the values of the NAME dimension. Instead the values are changed as DEFINE, DELETE, MOVE, or RENAME statements execute. Also, you cannot use a qualified object name to specify the NAME dimension of a workspace that is not the current workspace.


See also:

LISTNAMES

Data type

TEXT

Syntax

NAME

Examples

Example 18-12 Listing Dimensions

Suppose you want a list of all the dimensions in a workspace. First, use a LIMIT command and the OBJ function to limit the status of the NAME dimension. Then use a STATUS statement to produce a list of dimensions. Since the values returned by OBJ(TYPE) are always in uppercase, you must use 'DIMENSION' (not 'dimension') in the LIMIT statement to get a match. The statements

LIMIT NAME TO OBJ(TYPE) EQ 'DIMENSION'
STATUS NAME

produce the following output.

The current status of NAME is:
PRODUCT, DISTRICT, DIVISION, LINE, REGION, MARKETLEVEL, MARKET,
MONTH, YEAR, QUARTER

Example 18-13 Listing Relations

Suppose you want to see the definitions of all the relations in a workspace. Use the LIMIT command and the OBJ function to select these names. Then use DESCRIBE to produce a list of their definitions. The statements

LIMIT NAME TO OBJ(TYPE) EQ 'RELATION'
DESCRIBE

produce the following output.

DEFINE REGION.DISTRICT RELATION REGION <DISTRICT>
LD REGION for each DISTRICT
 
DEFINE DIVISION.PRODUCT RELATION DIVISION <PRODUCT>
LD DIVISION for each PRODUCT
 
DEFINE MLV.MARKET RELATION MARKETLEVEL <MARKET>
 
DEFINE MARKET.MARKET RELATION MARKET <MARKET>
LD Self-relation for the Market Dimension