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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New in the OLAP DML?

• New Features in the OLAP DML
• OLAP DML Statement Changes for Oracle Database 11g
• OLAP DML Statement Changes for Oracle Database 10g
• OLAP DML Statement Changes for Oracle Database 9i

1 OLAP DML Basic Concepts

• What is the OLAP DML?
  • Cube-Aware OLAP DML Statements
  • OLAP DML Statements that Work Directly on Analytic Workspace Objects
• Basic Syntactic Units of the OLAP DML
• How to Execute OLAP DML Statements
• Introduction to Analytic Workspaces
  • Privileges Needed to Create and Delete Analytic Workspaces
  • Defining a New Analytic Workspace
  • Working with Previously-Defined Analytic Workspaces
  • Viewing Information About an Analytic Workspace
• Introduction to Analytic Workspace Data Objects
  • Types of Analytic Workspace Data Objects
    • Variables
    • Objects that Can Dimension Variables
    • Relations
    • Valueset and Surrogate Objects
  • Objects that Support the Use of Hierarchies
    • Hierlist Dimension
    • Parentrel Relation
    • Levellist Dimension
    • Hierlevels Valueset
    • Inhier Valueset or Variable
    • Levelrel Relation
    • Familyrel Relation
    • Gidrel Relation
• OLAP DML Statements Apply to All of the Values of a Data Object
  • Changing the Default Looping Behavior of Statements
• How to Specify the Set of Data that OLAP DML Operations Work Against
  • About Status Lists
    • Default Status Lists
    • Current Status Lists
  • Changing the Current Status of a Dimension to Work with a Subset of Data
  • Saving and Restoring Current Dimension Status
  • Using a Subset of Data Without Changing Status
• Populating Multidimensional Hierarchical Data Objects

2 Data Types, Operators, and Expressions

• OLAP DML Data Types
  • Numeric Data Types
    • Using LONGINTEGER Values
    • Using NUMBER Values
  • Text Data Types
    • Text Literals
    • Escape Sequences
  • Date-only Data Type
    • Date-only Input Values
    • Date-only Dimension Values
    • DATE-only Variable Display Styles
  • Datetime and Interval Data Types
    • Datetime and Interval Fields
    • Datetime Format Templates
    • String-to-Date Conversion Rules
    • DATETIME Data Type
    • TIMESTAMP Data Type
    • TIMESTAMP_TZ Data Type
    • TIMESTAMP_LTZ Data Type
    • YMINTERVAL Data Type
    • DSINTERVAL Data Type
  • Boolean Data Type
  • RAW Data Type
  • Row Identifier Data Types
    • ROWID Data Type
    • UROWID Data Type
  • Converting from One Data Type to Another
    • Automatic Conversion of Textual Data Types
    • Automatic Conversion of Numeric Data Types
• OLAP DML Operators
  • Arithmetic Operators
  • Comparison and Logical Operators
  • Assignment Operator
• OLAP DML Expressions
  • About OLAP DML Expressions
    • How the Data Type of an Expression is Determined
    • How the Dimensionality of an Expression is Determined
      • Determining the Dimensions of an Expression
      • How Dimension Status Affects the Number of Values in the Results of Expressions
  • Using Workspace Objects in Expressions
    • How OLAP DML Data Objects Behave in Expressions
    • Syntax for Specifying an Object in an Expression
      • Considerations When Creating and Using Qualified Object Names
    • Specifying Values of Dimensions and Composites in Expressions
      • Specifying a Value of a Composite
      • Specifying a Value of a CONCAT Dimension
      • Using Related Dimensions in Expressions
    • Using Variables and Relations in Expressions
    • Limiting a Dimension to a Single Value Without Changing Status
      • Syntax of a Qualified Data Reference
      • Qualifying a Variable
      • Replacing a Dimension in a Variable
      • Qualifying a Relation
      • Qualifying a Dimension
      • Using Ampersand Substitution with QDRs
  • Working with Empty Cells in Expressions
    • Specifying a Value of NA
    • Controlling how NA values are treated
  • Numeric Expressions
    • Mixing Numeric Data Types
    • Using Text Dimensions in Arithmetic Expressions
    • Limitations of Floating Point Calculations
    • Controlling Errors During Calculations
  • Text Expressions
    • Language of Text Expressions
    • Working with DATETIME Values in Text Expressions
    • Working with NTEXT Data
  • Datetime and Interval Expressions
    • Datetime Expressions
    • Interval Expressions
    • Datetime/Interval Arithmetic
  • Date-only Expressions
  • Boolean Expressions
    • Creating Boolean Expressions
    • Comparing NA Values in Boolean Expressions
    • Controlling Errors When Comparing Numeric Data
      • Controlling Errors Due to Numerical Precision
      • Controlling Errors When Comparing Floating Point Numbers
      • Controlling Errors When Comparing Different Numeric Data Types
    • Comparing Dimension Values
    • Comparing Dates
    • Comparing Text Data
      • Comparing a Text Value to a Text Pattern
      • Comparing Text Literals to Relations
  • Conditional Expressions
    • IF...THEN...ELSE expression
    • SWITCH Expressions
  • Substitution Expressions

3 Formulas, Models, Aggregations, and Allocations

• Creating Calculation Objects
• OLAP DML Formulas
• OLAP DML Model Objects
  • What is an OLAP DML Model?
  • Creating Models
    • Nesting Models
    • Dimension Status and Model Equations
    • Using Data from Past and Future Time Periods
    • Handling NA Values in Models
    • Solving Simultaneous Equations
    • Modeling for Multiple Scenarios
  • Compiling Models
    • Resolving Names in Equations
    • Code for Looping Over Dimensions
    • Evaluating Program Arguments
    • Dependencies Between Equations
    • Obtaining Analysis Results
    • Checking for Additional Problems
  • Running a Model
    • Syntax for Running a Model
    • Dimensions of Solution Variables
  • Debugging a Model
• OLAP DML Aggregation Objects
  • What is an OLAP DML Aggregation?
  • Aggregating Data Using the OLAP DML
  • Compiling Aggregation Specifications
  • Executing the Aggregation
  • Creating Custom Aggregates
• OLAP DML Allocation Objects
  • Introduction to Allocating Data Using the OLAP DML
  • Features of Allocation in Oracle OLAP
  • Allocating Data
  • Handling NA Values When Allocating Data

4 OLAP DML Properties

• About OLAP DML Properties
• System Properties: Alphabetical Listing
• System Properties by Category
• $AGGMAP
• $AGGREGATE_FORCECALC
• $AGGREGATE_FORCEORDER
• $AGGREGATE_FROM
• $AGGREGATE_FROMVAR
• $ALLOCMAP
• $COUNTVAR
• $DEFAULT_LANGUAGE
• $GID_DEPTH
• $GID_LIST
• $GID_TYPE
• $LOOP_AGGMAP
• $LOOP_DENSE
• $LOOP_VAR
• $NATRIGGER
• $STORETRIGGERVAL
• $VARCACHE

5 OLAP DML Options

• About Options
• Options: Alphabetical Listing
• Options by Category
• ALLOCERRLOGFORMAT
• ALLOCERRLOGHEADER
• AWWAITTIME
• BADLINE
• BMARGIN
• CALENDARWEEK
• COLWIDTH
• COMMAS
• COMPILEMESSAGE
• COMPILEWARN
• DATEFORMAT
• DATEORDER
• DAYABBRLEN
• DAYNAMES
• DECIMALCHAR
• DECIMALOVERFLOW
• DECIMALS
• DEFAULTAWSEGSIZE
• DIVIDEBYZERO
• DSECONDS
• ECHOPROMPT
• EIFBYTES
• EIFEXTENSIONPATH
• EIFNAMES
• EIFSHORTNAMES
• EIFTYPES
• EIFUPDBYTES
• EIFVERSION
• ERRNAMES
• ERRORNAME
• ERRORTEXT
• ESCAPEBASE
• EXPTRACE
• INF_STOP_ON_ERROR
• LCOLWIDTH
• LIKECASE
• LIKEESCAPE
• LIKENL
• LIMIT.SORTREL
• LIMITSTRICT
• LINENUM
• LINESLEFT
• LOCK_LANGUAGE_DIMS
• LSIZE
• MAXFETCH
• MODDAMP
• MODERROR
• MODGAMMA
• MODINPUTORDER
• MODMAXITERS
• MODOVERFLOW
• MODSIMULTYPE
• MODTOLERANCE
• MODTRACE
• MONTHABBRLEN
• MONTHNAMES
• MULTIPATHHIER
• NASKIP
• NASKIP2
• NASPELL
• NLS_CALENDAR
• NLS_CURRENCY
• NLS_DATE_FORMAT
• NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE
• NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY
• NLS_ISO_CURRENCY
• NLS_LANG
• NLS_LANGUAGE
• NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS
• NLS_SORT
• NLS_TERRITORY
• NOSPELL
• OKFORLIMIT
• OKNULLSTATUS
• OUTFILEUNIT
• PAGENUM
• PAGEPRG
• PAGESIZE
• PAGING
• PARENS
• PERMITERROR
• PERMITREADERROR
• POUTFILEUNIT
• PRGTRACE
• RANDOM.SEED.1 and RANDOM.SEED.2
• RECURSIVE
• ROLE
• ROOTOFNEGATIVE
• SECONDS
• SESSCACHE
• SESSION_NLS_LANGUAGE
• SPARSEINDEX
• SQLBLOCKMAX
• SQLCODE
• SQLERRM
• SQLMESSAGES
• STATIC_SESSION_LANGUAGE
• THIS_AW
• THOUSANDSCHAR
• TMARGIN
• TRACEFILEUNIT
• TRIGGERMAXDEPTH
• TRIGGERSTOREOK
• USERID
• USETRIGGERS
• VARCACHE
• WEEKDAYSNEWYEAR
• WRAPERRORS
• YESSPELL
• YRABSTART
• ZEROROW
• ZSPELL

6 OLAP DML Programs

• Programs Provided With the OLAP DML
• Creating OLAP DML Programs
• Specifying Program Contents
  • Creating User-Defined Functions
  • Passing Arguments
    • Using Multiple Arguments
    • Handling Arguments Without Converting Values to a Specific Data Type
    • Passing Arguments as Text with Ampersand Substitution
  • Program Flow-of-Control
  • Preserving the Environment Settings
    • Changing the Program Environment
    • Ways to Save and Restore Environments
    • Saving the Status of a Dimension or the Value of an Option
    • Saving Several Values at Once
    • Using Level Markers
    • Using CONTEXT to Save Several Values at Once
  • Handling Errors
    • Trapping an Error
    • Passing an Error to a Calling Program
      • Passing an Error: Method One
      • Passing an Error: Method Two
    • Suppressing Error Messages
    • Creating Your Own Error Messages
    • Handling Errors in Nested Programs
    • Handling Errors While Saving the Session Environment
• Compiling Programs
  • Finding Out If a Program Has Been Compiled
  • Programming Methods That Prevent Compilation
• Testing and Debugging Programs
  • Generating Diagnostic Messages
  • Identifying Bad Lines of Code
  • Sending Output to a Debugging File
• Executing Programs
• Common Types of OLAP DML Programs
  • Startup Programs
    • Permission Programs
    • OnAttach Programs
    • Autogo Programs
  • Data Import and Export Programs
    • Importing Data to and Exporting Data from Relational Tables
      • Importing Data From Relational Tables to Workspace Objects
      • Exporting Data from OLAP DML Objects to Relational Tables
    • Importing Data to and Exporting Data from Flat Files
    • Importing Data to and Exporting Data from Spreadsheets
  • Trigger Programs
    • Creating an Object Trigger Program
    • Characteristics of Object Trigger Programs
  • Aggregation, Allocation, and Modeling Programs
  • Forecasting Programs
  • Programs to Export and Import Workspace Objects
• User-Written Programs Looked For by Oracle OLAP
  • AUTOGO
  • ONATTACH
  • ONDETACH
  • PERMIT_READ
  • PERMIT_WRITE
  • TRIGGER_AFTER_UPDATE
  • TRIGGER_AW
  • TRIGGER_BEFORE_UPDATE
  • TRIGGER_DEFINE

7 OLAP DML Functions: A - K

• About OLAP DML Functions
• Functions: Alphabetical Listing
• Functions by Category
• ABS
• ADD_MONTHS
• AGGCOUNT
• AGGMAPINFO
• AGGREGATE function
• AGGREGATION
• AGGROPS
• ALLOCOPS
• ANTILOG
• ANTILOG10
• ANY
• ARCCOS
• ARCSIN
• ARCTAN
• ARCTAN2
• ARG
• ARGCOUNT
• ARGFR
• ARGS
• ASCII
• ASCIISTR
• AVERAGE
• AW function
• BACK
• BASEDIM
• BASEVAL
• BEGINDATE
• BIN_TO_NUM
• BITAND
• BLANKSTRIP
• CALLTYPE
• CATEGORIZE
• CEIL
• CHANGEBYTES
• CHANGECHARS
• CHANGEDRELATIONS
• CHANGEDVALUES
• CHARLIST
• CHARTOROWID
• CHGDIMS
• CHR
• COALESCE
• COLVAL
• CONTEXT function
• CONVERT
• CORRELATION
• COS
• COSH
• COUNT
• CUMSUM
• CURRENT_DATE
• CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
• DAYOF
• DBTIMEZONE
• DDOF
• DECODE
• DEPRDECL
• DEPRDECLSW
• DEPRSL
• DEPRSOYD
• ENDDATE
• ENDOF
• EVERY
• EXISTS
• EXP
• EVERSION
• EXTBYTES
• EXTCHARS
• EXTCOLS
• EXTLINES
• EXTRACT
• FCOPEN
• FCQUERY
• FILEERROR
• FILEGET
• FILENEXT
• FILEOPEN
• FILEQUERY
• FILTERLINES
• FINDBYTES
• FINDCHARS
• FINDLINES
• FINTSCHED
• FLOOR
• FPMTSCHED
• FROM_TZ
• GET
• GREATEST
• GROUPINGID function
• GROWRATE
• HEXTORAW
• HIERCHECK
• HIERHEIGHT function
• HIERSHAPE
• INFO
  • INFO (FORECAST)
  • INFO (MODEL)
  • INFO (PARSE)
  • INFO (REGRESS)
• INITCAP
• INLIST
• INSBYTES
• INSCHARS
• INSCOLS
• INSLINES
• INSTAT
• INSTR functions
• INTPART
• IRR
• ISDATE
• ISEMPTY
• ISINFINITE
• ISNAN
• ISSESSION
• ISVALUE
• JOINBYTES
• JOINCHARS
• JOINCOLS
• JOINLINES
• KEY

8 OLAP DML Functions: L - Z

• LAG
• LAGABSPCT
• LAGDIF
• LAGPCT
• LARGEST
• LAST_DAY
• LEAD
• LEAST
• LENGTH functions
• LIMIT function
• LIMITMAPINFO
• LNNVL
• LOCALTIMESTAMP
• LOG function
• LOG10
• LOWCASE
• LOWER
• LPAD
• LTRIM
• MAKEDATE
• MAX
• MAXBYTES
• MAXCHARS
• MEDIAN
• MIN
• MMOF
• MODE
• MODULO
• MONTHS_BETWEEN
• MOVINGAVERAGE
• MOVINGMAX
• MOVINGMIN
• MOVINGTOTAL
• NA2
• NAFILL
• NAFLAG
• NEW_TIME
• NEXT_DAY
• NLS_CHARSET_ID
• NLS_CHARSET_NAME
• NLSSORT
• NONE
• NORMAL
• NPV
• NULLIF
• NUMBYTES
• NUMCHARS
• NUMLINES
• NUMTODSINTERVAL
• NUMTOYMINTERVAL
• NVL
• NVL2
• OBJ
• OBJLIST
• OBJORG
• OBSCURE
• ORA_HASH
• PARTITION
• PARTITIONCHECK
• PERCENTAGE
• QUAL
• RANDOM
• RANK
• RAWTOHEX
• RECNO
• REGEXP_COUNT
• REGEXP_INSTR
• REGEXP_REPLACE
• REGEXP_SUBSTR
• REM
• REMAINDER
• REMBYTES
• REMCHARS
• REMCOLS
• REMLINES
• REPLACE
• REPLBYTES
• REPLCHARS
• REPLCOLS
• REPLLINES
• RESERVED
• ROUND
  • ROUND (datetime)
  • ROUND (number)
• ROW function
• ROWIDTOCHAR
• ROWIDTONCHAR
• RPAD
• RTRIM
• RUNTOTAL
• SESSIONTIMEZONE
• SIGN
• SIN
• SINH
• SMALLEST
• SMOOTH
• SORT function
• SORTLINES
• SOUNDEX
• SQLFETCH
• SQRT
• STARTOF
• STATALL
• STATCURR
• STATDEPTH
• STATEQUAL
• STATFIRST
• STATLAST
• STATLEN
• STATLIST
• STATMAX
• STATMIN
• STATRANK
• STATVAL
• STDDEV
• SUBSTR functions
• SUBTOTAL
• SYS_CONTEXT
• SYSDATE
• SYSINFO
• SYSTEM
• SYSTIMESTAMP
• TALLY
• TAN
• TANH
• TCONVERT
• TEXTFILL
• TO_ BINARY_DOUBLE
• TO_BINARY_FLOAT
• TO_CHAR
• TO_DATE
• TO_DSINTERVAL
• TO_NCHAR
• TO_NUMBER
• TO_TIMESTAMP
• TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ
• TO_YMINTERVAL
• TOD
• TODAY
• TOTAL
• TRANSLATE
• TRIGGER function
• TRIM
• TRUNCATE
  • TRUNCATE (datetime)
  • TRUNCATE (number)
• TZ_OFFSET
• UNIQUELINES
• UNRAVEL
• UPPER
• UPPER
• VALSPERPAGE
• VALUES
• VINTSCHED
• VPMTSCHED
• VSIZE
• WEEKOF
• WIDTH_BUCKET
• WKSDATA
• WRITABLE
• YYOF

9 OLAP DML Commands: A-G

• About OLAP DML Commands
• Commands: Alphabetical Listing
• Commands by Category
• ACQUIRE
• ACROSS
• ADD_CUBE_MODEL
• ADD_DIMENSION_MEMBER
• ADD_MODEL_DIMENSION
• AGGMAP
  • AGGINDEX
  • BREAKOUT DIMENSION
  • CACHE
  • DIMENSION (for aggregation)
  • DROP DIMENSION
  • MEASUREDIM (for aggregation)
  • MODEL (in an aggregation)
  • PRECOMPUTE
  • RELATION (for aggregation)
• AGGMAP ADD or REMOVE model
• AGGMAP SET
• AGGREGATE command
• ALLCOMPILE
• ALLOCATE
• ALLOCMAP
  • CHILDLOCK
  • DEADLOCK
  • DIMENSION (for allocation)
  • ERRORLOG
  • ERRORMASK
  • MEASUREDIM (for allocation)
  • RELATION (for allocation)
  • SOURCEVAL
  • VALUESET
• ALLSTAT
• ARGUMENT
• AW command
  • AW ALIASLIST
  • AW ATTACH
  • AW CREATE
  • AW DELETE
  • AW DETACH
  • AW FREEZE
  • AW LIST
  • AW PURGE CACHE
  • AW ROLLBACK TO FREEZE
  • AW SEGMENTSIZE
  • AW THAW
  • AW TRUNCATE
• AWDESCRIBE
• BLANK
• BREAK
• CALL
• CDA
• CHGDFN
• CLEAR
• COMMIT
• COMPILE
• CONSIDER
• CONTEXT command
• CONTINUE
• COPYDFN
• CREATE_LOGICAL_MODEL
• DATE_FORMAT
• DBGOUTFILE
• DEFINE
  • DEFINE AGGMAP
  • DEFINE COMPOSITE
  • DEFINE DIMENSION
    • DEFINE DIMENSION (simple)
    • DEFINE DIMENSION (DWMQY)
    • DEFINE DIMENSION (conjoint)
    • DEFINE DIMENSION CONCAT
    • DEFINE DIMENSION ALIASOF
  • DEFINE FORMULA
  • DEFINE MODEL
  • DEFINE PARTITION TEMPLATE
  • DEFINE PROGRAM
  • DEFINE RELATION
  • DEFINE SURROGATE
  • DEFINE VALUESET
  • DEFINE VARIABLE
  • DEFINE WORKSHEET
• DELETE
• DESCRIBE
• DO ... DOEND
• EDIT
• EQ
• EXPORT
  • EXPORT (EIF)
  • EXPORT (spreadsheet)
• FCCLOSE
• FCEXEC
• FCSET
• FETCH
• FILECLOSE
• FILECOPY
• FILEDELETE
• FILEMOVE
• FILEPAGE
• FILEPUT
• FILEREAD
• FILESET
• FILEVIEW
• FOR
• FORECAST
• FORECAST.REPORT
• FULLDSC
• GOTO
• GROUPINGID command

10 OLAP DML Commands: H-Z

• HEADING
• HIDE
• HIERDEPTH
• HIERHEIGHT command
• IF...THEN...ELSE command
• IMPORT
  • IMPORT (EIF)
  • IMPORT (text)
  • IMPORT (spreadsheet)
• INFILE
• LD
• LIMIT command
  • LIMIT (using values) command
  • LIMIT using LEVELREL command
  • LIMIT (using related dimension) command
  • LIMIT (using parent relation)
  • LIMIT NOCONVERT command
  • LIMIT command (using POSLIST)
• LIMIT BASEDIMS
• LISTBY
• LISTFILES
• LISTNAMES
• LOAD
• LOG command
• MAINTAIN
  • MAINTAIN ADD
    • MAINTAIN ADD for TEXT, ID, and INTEGER Values
    • MAINTAIN ADD for DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, and YEAR Values
    • MAINTAIN ADD SESSION
    • MAINTAIN ADD TO PARTITION
  • MAINTAIN DELETE
    • MAINTAIN DELETE dimension
    • MAINTAIN DELETE composite
    • MAINTAIN DELETE FROM PARTITION
  • MAINTAIN MERGE
  • MAINTAIN MOVE
    • MAINTAIN MOVE dimension value
    • MAINTAIN MOVE TO PARTITION
  • MAINTAIN RENAME
• MODEL
  • DIMENSION (in models)
  • INCLUDE
• MODEL.COMPRPT
• MODEL.DEPRT
• MODEL.XEQRPT
• MONITOR
• MOVE
• OUTFILE
• PAGE
• PARSE
• PERMIT
• PERMITRESET
• POP
• POPLEVEL
• PROGRAM
• PROPERTY
• PUSH
• PUSHLEVEL
• RECAP
• REDO
• REEDIT
• REGRESS
• REGRESS.REPORT
• RELATION command
• RELEASE
• REMOVE_CUBE_MODEL
• REMOVE_DIMENSION_MEMBER
• REMOVE_MODEL_DIMENSION
• RENAME
• REPORT
• RESYNC
• RETURN
• REVERT
• ROW command
• SET
• SET1
• SET_INCLUDED_MODEL
• SET_PROPERTY
• SHOW
• SIGNAL
• SLEEP
• SORT command
• SQL
  • SQL CLEANUP
  • SQL CLOSE
  • SQL DECLARE CURSOR
  • SQL EXECUTE
  • SQL FETCH
  • SQL IMPORT
  • SQL OPEN
  • SQL PREPARE
  • SQL PROCEDURE
  • SQL SELECT
• STATUS
• STDHDR
• SWITCH command
• TEMPSTAT
• TRACE
• TRACKPRG
• TRAP
• TRIGGER command
• TRIGGERASSIGN
• UNHIDE
• UPDATE
• UPDATE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
• UPDATE_DIMENSION_MEMBER
• VARIABLE
• VNF
• WHILE
• ZEROTOTAL

A OLAP_TABLE SQL Functions

• Creating Relational Views Using OLAP_TABLE
  • Required OLAP DML Objects
  • Creating Logical Tables for Use by OLAP_TABLE
    • Using OLAP_TABLE With Predefined ADTs
    • Using OLAP_TABLE With Automatic ADTs
  • Adding Calculated Columns to the Relational View
• Using OLAP DML Expressions in SELECT FROM OLAP_TABLE Statements
  • Using OLAP DML Expressions as Single-Row Functions
  • Modifying an Analytic Workspace From Within a SELECT FROM OLAP_TABLE Statement
• OLAP_TABLE
• OLAP_CONDITION
• OLAP_EXPRESSION
• OLAP_EXPRESSION_BOOL
• OLAP_EXPRESSION_DATE
• OLAP_EXPRESSION_TEXT

B   DBMS_AW PL/SQL Package

• Managing Analytic Workspaces
• Embedding OLAP DML in SQL Statements
  • Methods for Executing OLAP DML Commands
  • Guidelines for Using Quotation Marks in OLAP DML Commands
• Using the Sparsity Advisor
  • Data Storage Options in Analytic Workspaces
  • Selecting the Best Data Storage Method
  • Using the Sparsity Advisor
  • Example: Evaluating Sparsity in the GLOBAL Schema
    • Advice from Sample Program
    • Information Stored in AW_SPARSITY_ADVICE Table
• Using the Aggregate Advisor
  • Aggregation Facilities within the Workspace
  • Example: Using the ADVISE_REL Procedure
• Summary of DBMS_AW Subprograms
• ADD_DIMENSION_SOURCE Procedure
• ADVISE_CUBE Procedure
• ADVISE_DIMENSIONALITY Function
• ADVISE_DIMENSIONALITY Procedure
• ADVISE_PARTITIONING_DIMENSION Function
• ADVISE_PARTITIONING_LEVEL Function
• ADVISE_REL Procedure
• ADVISE_SPARSITY Procedure
• AW_ATTACH Procedure
• AW_COPY Procedure
• AW_CREATE Procedure
• AW_DELETE Procedure
• AW_DETACH Procedure
• AW_RENAME Procedure
• AW_TABLESPACE Function
• AW_UPDATE Procedure
• CONVERT Procedure
• EVAL_NUMBER Function
• EVAL_TEXT Function
• EXECUTE Procedure
• GETLOG Function
• INFILE Procedure
• INTERP Function
• INTERPCLOB Function
• INTERP_SILENT Procedure
• OLAP_ON Function
• OLAP_RUNNING Function
• PRINTLOG Procedure
• RUN Procedure
• SHUTDOWN Procedure
• SPARSITY_ADVICE_TABLE Procedure
• STARTUP Procedure

C OLAP_API_SESSION_INIT

• Initialization Parameters for the OLAP API
• Viewing the Configuration Table
  • ALL_OLAP_ALTER_SESSION View
• Summary of OLAP_API_SESSION_INIT Subprograms
  • ADD_ALTER_SESSION Procedure
  • CLEAN_ALTER_SESSION Procedure
  • DELETE_ALTER_SESSION Procedure

Index