title: Cube In Tableau
body: <p>I have few questions for the experts:</p>
  
  <p>Q1- Can we develop a OLAP cube in Tableau? [I know we can develop reports by connecting to relational database and also to OLAP cubes (e.g. Cognos or SSAS). But I am interested to know if we can really develop a cube in Tableau?]</p>
  
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  <p>Q2- Is there a difference between creating a dynamic dimension in tableau vs having a standalone dimension table? [somebody suggested me to create a de-normalized table and have tableau create the dimension on the fly. but what about records that are missing in the child/fact table. for instance, customer dimension has 10 records while only 8 were exist in the fact table. wouldn't i be missing other 2 if i connect to child/fact table directly?]</p>
  
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  <p>Q3- What about performance characteristics of Tableau? [I know tableau executes sql statements behind the scene when it displays data in the reporting tool. if i have millions of records in the de-normalized/child/fact table, will it perform fine?]</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,
  Moiz</p>