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# Multidimensional Hierarchies

Multidimensional data sources contain hierarchies. For example, your database might contain a Product dimension that includes members such as product family, product department, and so on organised into a hierarchy, or you might have a Time dimension that includes years, quarters and months.

![A multidimensional data source shows a product dimension and a time dimension.](/tableau/current/en-gb/pro/desktop/en-gb/Img/wwd_shelf_drill3.png)

**Note**: In Tableau, multidimensional data sources are supported only in Windows.

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