org.olap4j.metadata
Interface Measure

All Superinterfaces:

Member, MetadataElement

public interface Measure
extends Member

Data value of primary interest to the user browsing the cube.

A Measure provides the value of each cell, and is usually numeric. Every measure is a member of a special dimension called "Measures".

Since:

Oct 13, 2006

Version:

$Id: Measure.java 482 2012-01-05 23:27:27Z jhyde $

Author:

jhyde

Nested Class Summary

static class

Measure.Aggregator Enumeration of the aggregate functions which can be used to derive a Measure.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.olap4j.metadata.Member

Member.TreeOp, Member.Type

Method Summary

Measure.Aggregator	getAggregator() Returns the Aggregator of this Measure.
Datatype	getDatatype() Returns the data type of this Measure.
boolean	isVisible() Returns whether this Measure is visible.

Methods inherited from interface org.olap4j.metadata.Member

getAncestorMembers, getChildMemberCount, getChildMembers, getDataMember, getDepth, getDimension, getExpression, getHierarchy, getLevel, getMemberType, getOrdinal, getParentMember, getProperties, getPropertyFormattedValue, getPropertyValue, getSolveOrder, isAll, isCalculated, isCalculatedInQuery, isChildOrEqualTo, isHidden, setProperty

Methods inherited from interface org.olap4j.metadata.MetadataElement

getCaption, getDescription, getName, getUniqueName

Method Detail

getAggregator

Measure.Aggregator getAggregator()

Returns the Aggregator of this Measure.

Returns:

Aggregator

getDatatype

Datatype getDatatype()

Returns the data type of this Measure.

Returns:

data type

isVisible

boolean isVisible()

Returns whether this Measure is visible.

Specified by:

isVisible in interface MetadataElement

Returns:

whether this Measure is visible