Cells

The cell is the atomic element of array and is defined by the coordinate values of the array dimensions.

The cell is the atomic element of an array. It is defined by the coordinate values of the array dimensions, and may contain one or more attribute values. An interesting thing about sparse arrays in TileDB is that they may contain cell multiplicities (i.e., there may be two cells with the exact same coordinates). The cells obey a global order, defined by various array parameters upon the array creation. This order further dictates the way the cell attributes values are stored in the array files that TileDB creates. For more information on how TileDB physically stores the array data, visit the Key Concepts: Data Layout section.

Visit the Array Data Model section for more details.