A multidimensional database supports multiple views of data sets for users who need to analyze the relationships between data categories. Slicing the database in different ways gives you different perspectives of the data. For example, in Figure 23, Data for January, the slice for Jan examines all data values for which the Year dimension is fixed at Jan.
The slice in Figure 24, Data for February shows data for the month of Feb:
The slice in Figure 25, Data for Profit Margin shows data for profit margin: