TYPES#
The type of a Dimension, a Measure or an Attribute is described in the column titled TYPE in sheets DIMS, MEASURES and ATTRS respectively.
Entries in columng TYPE that end with the suffix _ENUM
provide a link to the allowed values of the corresponding component.
Remaining entries of column TYPE are described below:
- DATE
Date expressed as
{YYYY}-{MM}-{DD}
where positionYYYY
is for the year,MM
is for the month andDD
is for the day. One example of a valid value is2022-06-21
.- STR{LEN}
String with up to
LEN
characters. All UTF-8 characters are allowed. For example a permissible value of aSTR8
type isFOÿ
and a not permissible value isFoo_Foo_Foo
.- ID
String with up to 32 characters. All characters belonging in the range
[a-zA-z0-9_]
are allowed. It is used to create identifiers for various units that are described in Identifiers.- STR{LEN}_ID
String with up to
LEN
characters. All characters belonging in the range[a-zA-z0-9_]
are allowed. It is used to create identifiers for various units that are described in Identifiers. For example an allowed value for aSTR16_ID
type isGR001
and a not allowed values areGR#001
,ΓΡ001
,GR0000000000AAAAAAAAAAAAA
.- LATIN_STR{LEN}
String with up to
LEN
characters. Only latin characters are allowed belonging in the range[a-zA-z0-9_]
are allowed ([\x20-\x7E\xA0-\xFF]
).- BOOL
Allowed values are
True
andFalse
.- EMAIL_STR
Allowed values are any email address.
- ANY_URL
Allowed values are any
URL
address.