Dimension Attribute Management

Overview

Dimension attributes allow users to customize dimension information.

Only users with the Metric Governance Management permission can edit dimension attributes. By default, the Metric Governance Management permission is bound to the Super Administrator and Administrator platform roles.
Attributes include built-in system attributes and user-maintained attributes. Built-in attributes cannot be deleted or modified.
Attributes are grouped into four categories: Basic Attributes, Business Attributes, Technical Attributes, and Management Attributes. You can adjust the order of attributes within each category.

Category	Attribute	English Name	Description	Type	Required	Default Value	Owner
Basic Information	Dimension Name	dimName	The dimension name. Only English names are supported. The dimension name is used as a parameter in API requests and cannot be modified after creation.	Text Input	Required	None	System Attribute
Basic Information	Dimension Display Name	dimDisplayName	The display name of the dimension, used to make the dimension easier to understand.	Text Input	Required	None	System Attribute
Basic Information	Owner	owner	The dimension owner. The owner has all management permissions for the dimension.	Single User	Required	None	System Attribute
Basic Information	Created At	createTime	The dimension creation time.		Required	None	System Attribute
Basic Information	Modified At	modifyTime	The dimension modification time.		Required	None	System Attribute
Basic Information	Version	version	The dimension version.	Short Text	Required	None	System Attribute
Business Attributes	Dimension Description	dimDescription	The description of the dimension.	Short Text	Optional	None	System Attribute
Business Attributes	Dimension Category	dimCategoryId	The dimension category.		Required	None	System Attribute
Technical Attributes	None
Management Attributes	None

Module	Description
Display Name	Attribute display name. Any characters are supported, up to 150 characters.
English Name	English letters, numbers, underscores (`_`), and parentheses (`()`) are supported.
Attribute Category	Basic Attributes, Business Attributes, Technical Attributes, or Management Attributes. If you enter from the create dimension attribute entry point, the current page's attribute category is populated automatically.
Description	Any characters are supported, up to 300 characters.
Required	Optional (default) or Required.
Text Input	Short Text or Long Text.
Single-Select List	1. You can add candidate values to a single-select list. 2. One candidate value can be set as the default value. 3. Duplicate candidate values are not allowed.
Single User	User selector. Supports selecting one user from a drop-down list and setting the dimension creator as the default value.
Single User Group	User group selector. Supports selecting one user group from a drop-down list.