Multidimensional in this case refers to OLAP cubes. In other words, it&#x27;s a relational database with a star schema.<p>The formulas in this case are built in the &quot;metadata editor&quot;. The expectation is that a data scientist would build the tables, and then pass it off as an analysis tool to the MBA types. It can be really unintuitive if you&#x27;ve never seen these types of dashboards before.