Attributes

Attribute	Data Type	Definition
name	String	The name of this dimension
type	String	The dimension's type may be one of Standard or Time. A time dimension will allow the use of the MDX time functions (WTD, YTD, QTD, etc.). Use a standard dimension if the dimension is not a time-related dimension. The default value is Standard.
caption	String	A string being displayed instead of the dimensions's name. Can be localized from Properties file using #{propertyname}.
usagePrefix	String	If present, then this is prepended to the Dimension column names during the building of collapse dimension aggregates allowing 1) different dimensions to be disambiguated during aggregate table recognition. This should only be set for private dimensions.