# Presentation: 301166

## Data Cube Training

- Welcome to NASA’s Data Cube Training; a simple, painless way to understand Data Cubes.
- There are two ways to use this presentation:
- Viewing the presentation to get an overview of workforce data cubes
- Printing out the presentation and using it as a guide while using workforce data cubes

## What are Data Cubes

- Data Cubes are multidimensional data resources
- Data Cubes are an easy way to look at workforce information
- Data Cubes allow you to look at complex data in a simple format
- Data Cubes allow you to analyze specific workforce data

## NASA Workforce URLs

- http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/workforce
- Tools and Information about NASA’s workforce
- Workforce Data Cubes
- Workforce Analysis and Reports
- Workforce Planning Tools
- http://naade02.msfc.nasa.gov/workforce
- NASA Workforce Cubes
- Basic Cubes for Public Viewing
- Current Status
- Historical
- Hires/Losses/Promotions
- http://naade02.msfc.nasa.gov/workforce/moredata.html
- Detailed NASA Workforce Cubes
- Status Cubes
- Transactional Cubes
- Analysis and Workforce Projection Cubes

## Parts of the Data Cube

## Parts of the Data Cube

**Column pull-down box**

**Row pull-down box**

**Measures**

**Filters**

## Data Cubes look like a simple spreadsheet

Just choose what data you want in your columns and your rows and the totals self-populate
In this example, NASA Centers are in the columns and some dates are in the rows

- Just choose what data you want in your columns and your rows and the totals self-populate
- In this example, NASA Centers are in the columns and some dates are in the rows

- How to use a Data Cube

## How to choose your Columns

- To choose a column, simply click on the pull-down menu and choose your data
- The column pull-down menu is located just to the right of the column header labels

## How to choose your Rows

- To choose a row, simply click on the pull-down menu and choose your data

- The row pull-down menu is located just below the row header labels

## Filters

- After choosing the columns and rows, you may choose what segment of the population you want to view
- Use drop-down boxes to determine what data you want to focus on

## Measures

- You may also choose how the data is counted or measured
- The most common measure is headcount
- Other measures include:
- Average Age
- Average Years of Federal Service
- Average Annual Salary
- Aggregate Salary

## Measures

- Use the drop-down box to choose a measure

## View Data As . . .

- You may also choose to view the data as a number or as a percentage
- Just use the View Data As drop down box

## Other methods of analysis

- The bottom of each page has a number of buttons that are used for analysis
- Simply experimenting with these buttons is the best way to learn about them
- Feel free to experiment, you cannot break the internet by clicking on one of these buttons.
- To learn more about these buttons, go to:
- _[http://naade02.msfc.nasa.gov/workforce/pply_features.html](http://naade02.msfc.nasa.gov/workforce/pply_features.html)_
- _[http://naade02.msfc.nasa.gov/workforce/about_data.html](http://naade02.msfc.nasa.gov/workforce/about_data.html)_

## 	This has been a basic introduction to NASA’s Workforce Data Cubes
If you have additional questions, please contact:
Stephen Chesley  -  Stephen.Chesley@nasa.gov
Craig Conlin – Craig.Conlin@nasa.gov

	To get more information about NASA’s Workforce, please visit our web site:
http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/workforce

- If you have additional questions, please contact:
- Stephen Chesley  -  Stephen.Chesley@nasa.gov
- Craig Conlin – Craig.Conlin@nasa.gov
- 	To get more information about NASA’s Workforce, please visit our web site:
- http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/workforce