In data warehousing, a cuboid is used to represent what?
2025
In data warehousing, a cuboid is used to represent what?
- A.
Summarized data from the data cube
- B.
Raw transactional data without aggregation
- C.
A single dimension table
- D.
Temporary staging data
- E.
None of the above
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Correct answer: A
Correct answer: Summarized data from the data cube.
In OLAP/data warehousing, a cuboid represents data summarized at a particular combination of dimensions. A full data cube can be viewed as a collection of such cuboids at different levels of aggregation.