| Oracle® OLAP Reference 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.3) Part Number B14350-02 |
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The following script was used to create the view awunits_view, which is used in Example 8-1 to illustrate the use of OLAP_EXPRESSION_BOOL.
See Also:
See "OLAP_TABLE Overview" for information about creating views of analytic workspaces.Sample View: GLOBAL_AW.AWUNITS_VIEW
-- Create the logical row
CREATE TYPE awunits_row AS OBJECT (
awtime VARCHAR2(12),
awcustomer VARCHAR2(30),
awproduct VARCHAR2(30),
awchannel VARCHAR2(30),
awunits NUMBER(16),
r2c RAW(32));
/
-- Create the logical table
CREATE TYPE awunits_table AS TABLE OF awunits_row;
/
-- Create the view
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW awunits_view AS
SELECT awunits,
awtime, awcustomer, awproduct, awchannel, r2c
FROM TABLE(OLAP_TABLE(
'global_aw.globalaw DURATION SESSION',
'awunits_table',
'',
'MEASURE awunits FROM units_cube_aw_units_aw
DIMENSION awtime FROM time_aw WITH
HIERARCHY time_aw_parentrel
DIMENSION awcustomer FROM customer_aw WITH
HIERARCHY customer_aw_parentrel
(customer_aw_hierlist ''MARKET_ROLLUP_AW'')
INHIERARCHY customer_aw_inhier
DIMENSION awproduct FROM product_aw WITH
HIERARCHY product_aw_parentrel
DIMENSION channel_aw WITH
HIERARCHY channel_aw_parentrel
ATTRIBUTE awchannel FROM channel_aw_short_description
ROW2CELL r2c'))
WHERE awunits IS NOT NULL;
/
The following query shows some of the aggregate data in the view. For all products in all markets during the year 2001, it shows the number of units sold through each channel.
SQL> SELECT awchannel, awunits FROM awunits_view
WHERE awproduct = '1'
AND awcustomer = '7'
AND awtime = '4';
AWCHANNEL AWUNITS
--------- -------
All Channels 415392
Direct Sales 43783
Catalog 315737
Internet 55872
The following statements show the descriptions of the Product, Customer, and Time dimension members used in the query.
SQL>execute dbms_aw.execute('limit product_aw to ''1''');
SQL>execute dbms_aw.execute('rpr product_aw_short_description');
PRODUCT_AW PRODUCT_AW_SHORT_DESCRIPTION
--------------- --------------------------------------------------
1 Total Product
SQL>execute dbms_aw.execute('limit customer_aw to ''7''');
SQL>execute dbms_aw.execute('rpr customer_aw_short_description');
CUSTOMER_AW CUSTOMER_AW_SHORT_DESCRIPTION
--------------- --------------------------------------------------
7 Total Market
SQL>execute dbms_aw.execute('limit time_aw to ''4''');
SQL>execute dbms_aw.execute('rpr time_aw_short_description');
TIME_AW TIME_AW_SHORT_DESCRIPTION
--------------- --------------------------------------------------
4 2001
Example 8-1 OLAP_EXPRESSION_BOOL Function in a SELECT List
This example uses the view described in "Sample View: GLOBAL_AW.AWUNITS_VIEW".
The following SELECT statement calculates an expression with an alias of lowest_units, which indicates whether or not the number of units of each product was less than 500.
SQL>SELECT awproduct products,
olap_expression_bool(r2c, 'units_cube_aw_units_aw le 500') lowest_units
FROM awunits_view
WHERE awproduct > 39
AND awproduct < 46
AND awcustomer = '7'
AND awchannel = 'Internet'
AND awtime = '4';
PRODUCTS LOWEST_UNITS
--------------- ------------
40 0
41 1
42 1
43 1
44 1
45 0
This query shows that products 41-44 all had less than 500 units. These products are the documentation sets in German, French, Spanish, and Italian. The selected products are shown as follows.
SQL>execute dbms_aw.execute
('limit product_aw to product_aw gt 39 and product_aw lt 46');
SQL>execute dbms_aw.execute('rpr product_aw_short_description');
PRODUCT_AW PRODUCT_AW_SHORT_DESCRIPTION
--------------- --------------------------------------------------
40 O/S Documentation Set - English
41 O/S Documentation Set - German
42 O/S Documentation Set - French
43 O/S Documentation Set - Spanish
44 O/S Documentation Set - Italian
45 O/S Documentation Set - Kanji
The OLAP_EXPRESSION_BOOL function dynamically executes an OLAP DML boolean expression within the context of an OLAP_TABLE function.
Syntax
OLAP_EXPRESSION_BOOL(
r2c IN RAW(32),
boolean_expression IN VARCHAR2)
RETURN NUMBER;
Parameters
Table 8-1 OLAP_EXPRESSION_BOOL Function Parameters
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The name of a column populated by a
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A boolean calculation that will be performed in the analytic workspace. Search for "boolean expression" in the Oracle OLAP DML Reference. See also "Guidelines for Using Quotation Marks in OLAP DML Commands". |
Returns
An evaluation of boolean_expression for each row of the table object returned by the OLAP_TABLE function.
OLAP_EXPRESSION_BOOL returns boolean data. To return numeric, date, or text data, use the OLAP_EXPRESSION, OLAP_EXPRESSION_DATE, or OLAP_EXPRESSION_TEXT functions.
Example
Refer to "OLAP_EXPRESSION" for more examples of OLAP single-row functions.