CellSpace/Manual (draft)
by CellWorks
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Glossary
Dimensions
Dimensions
are the axes in a
Cube
or
Sheet
.
  • Dimensions
    contain
    Items
    .
    Dimensions
    are used to categorize the
    Items
    and are sometimes called 'categories'.
  • Dimensions
    are named. The name forms part of the coordinate of a
    Cell
    . See
    title Rename '
    Object
    '
    and
    Cell
    Formula References
    .
  • Tags for the
    Dimensions
    float above the upper-right and lower-left corners of the
    Cube
    . These tags are Drag-N-Drop'ed to pivot a
    Cube
    .
  • With
    Cubes
    , tags for the fixed
    Items
    located at the top-left corner.
  • Cubes
    are initialized with two
    Dimensions
    .
    Dimensions
    can be added to or removed from a
    Cube
    . See
    New
    -->
    Add
    Dimension
    to '
    Cube
    '
    and the add icon.
  • The
    Dimensions
    of a
    Sheet
    are the rows, columns and
    Pages
    and cannot pivot.
  • The
    Cube
    Dimensions
    can have special designations with specialized behaviors:
  • Years
    -- These
    Dimensions
    are created with a number of predefined
    Items
    representing years.
  • Months
    -- These
    Dimensions
    are created with a number of predefined
    Items
    representing the months in a year.
    Months
    Dimensions
    are often created in conjunction with a
    Years
    Dimension
    .
  • Scenarios
    -- These
    Dimensions
    have special behavior. See
    Scenarios
    Dimensions
    .
  • warning
    There is an upper limit of 15 on how many
    Dimensions
    can be added or removed from a
    Cube
    .
Scenarios
Dimensions
 		-----
A scenario is defined as being similar to a set of a base data, with changes to some key factors. A
modeler
can change these key factors so assess how the model is affected by the changes.