Perspective Properties

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

In the Application Object Tree (AOT), under the Data Dictionary node, there is a Perspectives node. A perspective is a collection of tables and views that contain the measures and dimensions for a cube. The following table describes the properties that can be set for each perspective.

For information about system properties available for a perspective, see System and Common Properties. For information about properties for tables associated with a perspective, see Table Properties and Table Field Properties.

Property

Description

New in this version of
 Microsoft Dynamics AX

ConfigurationKey

Specifies the configuration key assigned to the perspective. The configuration key determines which configurations of Microsoft Dynamics AX a perspective is included for in generated report models.

HelpText

Create a string for the perspective that is used as a description in a report model.

ID

Specify the identifier of the perspective.

Label

Specify the displayed name of the perspective in a report model.

Model

Specifies which model the perspective is in.

A model is a logical grouping of elements in a layer. An element can exist in exactly one model in a layer. The same element can exist in a customized version in a model in a higher layer.

AX 2012

SharedDimensionContainer

Specifies whether to share items in the perspective. When set to Yes, the items in the perspective are added to all other perspectives that are in the project and no cube is created for the perspective. The default value is No.

AX 2012

Usage

Specifies the materialization options for a Microsoft Dynamics AX perspective. The following list contains the possible values for this property. The default is None.

  • AdHocReporting - The perspective will be used to generate a transactional Semantic Model Definition Language (SMDL) model.

  • OLAP - The perspective will be used to generate a cube in a SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Business Intelligence project.

  • Both - The perspective will be to generate both a transactional SDML model and a cube in a SSAS Business Intelligence project.

  • None - The perspective will not be materialized.

See also

How to: Create a Perspective for a Cube