{"id":1724,"date":"2011-07-30T04:11:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T04:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/multidimensional-database-management-system\/"},"modified":"2022-07-29T21:38:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T21:38:50","slug":"multidimensional-database-management-system","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/1219\/multidimensional-database-management-system-mdbms","title":{"rendered":"Multidimensional Database Management System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_multidimensional_database_management_system_mean\">What Does Multidimensional Database Management System Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A multidimensional database management system (MDBMS) is a database management system that uses a data cube as an idea to represent multiple dimensions of data available to users. This database is optimized for data warehouse and online analytical processing applications.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_multidimensional_database_management_system\">Techopedia Explains Multidimensional Database Management System<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-style: none\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\">A multidimensional database management system (MDDBMS) provides a multidimensional view of data. For instance, in multidimensional analysis, entities such as products, regions, customers and dates represent different dimensions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>MDBMSs are created using input from existing relational databases. They have the ability to process data in a database by allowing answers to be generated quickly. Data is presented to users so as to represent a hypercube or multidimensional array, where every individual data value is contained within cells that are accessible by multiple indexes. The multidimensional systems are capable of moving beyond three dimensions. <\/p>\n<div style=\"border-style: none\"><\/div>\n<p>MDBMSs are well known for their ability to present data in top level views. The main advantages of using a multidimensional database system are:<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-style: none\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increased performance<\/li>\n<li>Easy maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced navigation and data presentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"border-style: none\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Multidimensional Database Management System Mean? A multidimensional database management system (MDBMS) is a database management system that uses a data cube as an idea to represent multiple dimensions of data available to users. This database is optimized for data warehouse and online analytical processing applications. 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