Technology

What is a Model?

A Model is a highly indexed data mart. Models can be built to reflect any data your organization obtains, whether it be transaction processing, sales analysis, or the general ledger.

Because Dimensional Insight integrates data and builds Models from disparate sources, users are able to compare, for example, data collected from transactional systems with information in the data warehouse and legacy data. The analysis capabilities that the Model provides leads to improved decision making that directly impacts profitability.

Quick Response Rate

Dimensional Insight offers extremely rapid response due to our patented cross-indexing technology. In a multi-dimensional Model, the information has already been pre-processed, summarized and optimized for query and reporting so responses are returned quickly. During the build process, some Dimensions are fully cross-indexed with every other possibility, resulting in great user response time. This also eliminates any need for time consuming creation or administration of hierarchies.

"Diving" vs. "Drilling"

The Diver Solution™ is unique in its ability to allow users to "dive" in any direction they wish without the limitations of pre-set "drill paths" or hierarchical constraints. "Drilling" denotes a requirement that users must first know where to drill in order to hit the information they are looking for. With Dimensional Insight, a user can enter a Data Model by any Dimension (or Dynamic Dimension) and freely follow their chosen dive (or drill) path through any of the other Dimensions. Hence, within a Data Model the user has effectively an unlimited number of hierarchies.

No Hierarchies

Dimensional Insight allows users to start from any data Dimension, summary, or information field, and dive into the data to any other Dimension, summary, or information field. This capability is available across all data sources that have been fed into DI's solution.