The workbench is designed to support the various phases of the dimensional modeling life cycle. You can create new dimensional models from scratch, or you can modify existing dimensional models and continue to refine an existing design. The workbench can analyze the models to ensure that the models conform to dimensional modeling standards. Then you can transform the data models if necessary, or move the model to the production environment.
In the workbench, the metadata for the dimensional model is known as dimensional notation. You can change the dimensional notation of an object by changing its properties. You can also enable or disable dimensional notation on a data model.