The data quality issues that you may find in your data can fall into a range of common categories. Data Quality assets can identify the categories as dimensions. When you configure an asset in Data Quality, you can use the Dimension property to indicate the type of data quality issue that you want the asset to examine.
Find the Dimension property on the Definition tab of the asset.
For more information about data quality dimensions, see the Introduction in Data Quality documentation.
Dimensions and scorecards
A rule specification that specifies a dimension is a key element in a scorecard. If you will use a rule specification in a scorecard, set a dimension on the scorecard.
A scorecard is a graphical representation of the values across the columns in a profile. You can use scorecards to monitor changes in profile data over time. You create scorecards in Data Profiling.