Objects and properties generated from the Cognos-to-dimensional-logical data model transformation

The Cognos-to-dimensional-logical data model transformation generates objects and properties for the logical data model from Cognos model elements.
The following table shows the correspondence between Cognos objects and properties for dimensional-logical data models.
Table 1. Mappings from Cognos Framework Manager models to dimensional-logical data models
Cognos Framework Manager object or property Logical data model object or property
Dimension Entity [FACT] or Entity [DIMENSION]
Dimension - Name Entity - Name
Dimension - Description Dimension - Documentation
Hierarchy Hierarchy
Hierarchy - Name Hierarchy - Name
Level Level
Level - Name Level - Name
Level attribute Level attribute
Level attribute - Name Level attribute - Name
Level attribute - Data type Level attribute - Data type
Level attribute - Role Level attribute - Role
Measure Attribute [MEASURE]
Measure - Name Attribute - Name
Measure - Description Attribute - Documentation
Measure - Data type Attribute - Data type
Model Logical data model
Model - File name (.xml) Model - File name (.ldm)
Namespace Package
Namespace - Name Package - Name
Namespace - Description Package - Documentation
RelationshipEnd RelationshipEnd
RelationshipEnd - Name
  • VerbPhrase
  • Inverse VerbPhrase
RelationshipEnd - Cardinality RelationshipEnd - Cardinality
Scope relationship Relationship
Scope relationship - Name Relationship - Name
Scope relationship - Cardinality Relationship - Cardinality

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