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11.4.20 ValueBasedHierarchy


   ValueBasedHierarchy is a subclass of Hierarchy that ranks Dimension members according to their relative distance from the root. Each member of a ValueBasedHierarchy has a specific “metric? or “value? associated with it.

   ValueBasedHierarchy is used to model pure “linked node? hierarchies (for example, parent-child tables). It is a subclass of Hierarchy that ranks Dimension members according to their relative distance from a common root member.

   Superclasses

   Hierarchy

   Contained Elements

   DimensionDeployment

   References

   dimensionDeployment

References the collection of DimensionDeployments owned by a ValueBasedHierarchy.

class:

defined by:

multiplicity:

inverse:

DimensionDeployment
ValueBasedHierarchyOwnsDimensionDeployments:: dimensionDeployment
zero or more; ordered
DimensionDeployment::valueBasedHierarchy