Slice Operation

See: Slice, OLAP Operation, Dice.

References

(Zaiane, 1999) ⇒ Osmar Zaiane. (1999). “Glossary of Data Mining Terms." University of Alberta, Computing Science CMPUT-690: Principles of Knowledge Discovery in Databases.
- QUOTE: Slice: An OLAP function. It is an operation whereby a subset of a multi-dimensional array (or cube) corresponding to a single value for one or more members of the dimensions not in the subset is selected at a given concept level. A slice of a cube is also the result of a slice operation. For example, if the member United States is selected from the Location dimension, then the sub-cube of all the remaining dimensions is the slice that is specified. The data omitted from this slice would be any data associated with the non-selected members of the Location dimension, for example Canada, Mexico, etc. From an end user perspective, the term slice most often refers to a two-dimensional page selected from the cube.
- QUOTE: Slice and Dice: An OLAP user-initiated process of navigating by calling for page displays interactively, through the specification of slices via pivoting and drilling.