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Writtenby: MikeNader&DaveCollins

DocumentbasedontheBIG2G:EPMBETAMARCH2010TrainingDemoImage

ORACLE CORPORATION

Essbase Advanced

Building Quick Cubes for Demos and POCsOracle Essbase Edition 11.1.2

March14,2010

BroughttoyoubytheEPMGlobalProductSalesSupportTeamhttp://my.oracle.com/epm

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Summary

2 OracleEssbase11.1.2

ExecutiveSummary

ThiscourseisintendedtoprovideanoverviewofthetoolsandskillsnecessarytobuildquickEssbase

cubesforPOCsandcustomdemonstrations.Theclassfocusesontechniquesandtoolsnecessaryto

buildcubes,theseinclude:

EssbaseApplicationManager EssbaseStudio Excel AdministrationServices

Further,thecoursefocusesontwoprimarytoolsforpresentationofinformation:

SmartView VisualExplorer

AkeycomponentofthiscourseisthecreationofEssbasecubesduringthesession.Tothatendthere

arethreeexercisegroups:

EssbaseStudiobasicskills CaseStudy1CreatingandEssbaseCubefromaflatfile CaseStudy2CreatinganEssbaseCubefromanExcelReport

Participantswillalternatecasestudiesandexercisesduringtheday.Allparticipantsshouldgetan

opportunitytocompleteallthreeexercisegroupsandpresentatleastonesolutionbacktothegroup.

KeyNewFeatures

The11.1.2releaseofOracleEssbaseisfocusedmoreonenterprisereadiness.Assuch,therearefewer

marqueefeaturesinthisrelease.However,thereareanumberofkeycapabilitiesthatenableEssbaseto

betterscaleacrossanenterprise.Thefollowinginformationisasummaryofthe11.1.2release.

EnhancementsrelatedtoReliability,PerformanceandSecurity

OracleEssbasehasbeensignificantlyenhancedtosupportanumberofOracleFusionmiddleware

infrastructurecomponentsincludingOracleProcessManager&NotificationServer(OPMN),Oracle

Enterprise

Manager

(OEM),

Oracle

Diagnostic

Logging

(ODL)

and

Oracle

Identity

Management

(OIM).

Thesupportfortheseinfrastructurecomponentsdeliversontheenterprisereadinessthemeby

deliveringunmatchedreliability,performance,scalabilityandsecurity.Customersbenefitfromlower

totalcostofownership(TCO)andhigherreturnoninvestment(ROI).

IntegrationwithOPMNallowsforfailingoverofEssbaseagentandserversfromonephysicalnodeto

anotherduetohardware/softwarefailure.Supportedfeaturesinclude:activepassivefailover,

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Summary

OracleEssbase11.1.2 3

automaticdetectionofEssbaseagent/serverstateandmanagingstartup/shutdown,sharedstorageand

readwritesupporttoshareddisk.IntegrationwithOEMsimplifiesadministrationbyprovidingrealtime

monitoring,reportingandadministrationofEssbasedeployments.

Integrationwith

ODL

simplifies

administration

by

providing

centralized

logging,

error

identification

and

resolutioncapabilities.IntegrationwithOIMsimplifiesadministrationanddeploymentsbyenabling

singlesignon,authenticationandauthorizationcapabilities.

EnhancementsrelatedtoUsability

OracleEssbasehasbeensignificantlyenhancedandnumerousnewfeatureshavebeenaddedto

significantlyimproveusabilityanddelivermarketleadinginnovation.Newfeaturesincludeallocations&

customcalculationsonASO,EssbaseADFcontrols,webservicessupport,ASOMDXformulaeditor,

HyperionSharedServicessecuritysynchronizationremovalandSQLNetsupportetc.

Allocationrefer

to

the

process

of

taking

avalue

and

splitting

it

across

aset

of

targets

based

on

a

criterione.g.splittingtheCEOssalaryacrossbusinessfunctionslikefinance,marketing,salesetc.

Customcalculationsrefertotheabilitytoperformcalculationslikeaddition,subtraction,divisionand

multiplication.Thesupportforallocationsandcustomcalculationswillbeavailableprogrammaticallyvia

APIslikeCAPI,JavaApi,MaxLandalsothroughCalculationManager,aneasytousegraphicalinterface

fordefiningcalculations.

ASOMDXformulaeditorprovidesagraphical,easytouseinterfacefordefiningandmanagingMDX

formulas.Theeditorstemplatedrivenapproachdeliversproductivityenhancementsbyautomatingthe

repeatabletasksduringformuladefinition.

HSSsynchronization

removal

simplifies

and

streamlines

the

user

authentication

process

by

not

having

to

storeandmanageusercredentialsinmultipleplaces.ThestreamlinedprocessusesHSSsolelyforuser

authenticationreducingmultiplepointsoffailure.

SQLNetsupportdeliversimprovedEssbasedataloadperformanceagainstOracledatabases.In

addition,OracledatabasefeatureslikeRAC,Clusteringetc.canalsobesupported.

EnhancementsrelatedtoEssbaseStudio

TheEssbaseStudioofferinghasbeensignificantlyenhancedandnumerousnewfeatureshavebeen

addedtosimplifytheadministrationandapplicationdevelopmenttasks.Majorenhancementsinclude

abilityto

move/copy/

backup

studio

catalog

via

import/export,

improvements

around

data

source

handlingviaabilitytoadd/removesourcedatatable/columns,supportforODBCDSNsources,support

fornamedlevel/generations,betterhandlingoftextmeasuresviacustomtextlistmappings,tighter

OBIEEintegrationwithStudiobeingabletoreadthehierarchydefinitionsviadirectaccesstoOBIEE

businessmodelingandmappinglayerandaccessibilitysupportviasection508support.

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Summary


EnhancementsrelatedtoCrossPortfoliosupport

OracleEssbasehasbeensignificantlyenhancedtosupportanumberofFusionERPapplications

includingFinancials,CRMandProjects.OracleEssbaseisakeyinfrastructurecomponentoftheFusion

Middleware

stack

and

is

used

to

delivers

reporting

and

analytics

capabilities

for

a

number

of

Oracles

ERP,CRMandEPMapplications.EnhancementsincludenewfeatureslikeissuingMDXqueriesvia

PL/SQL,EPMArelatedenhancements,HyperionPlanningrelatedenhancementsetc.

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TableofContents


ExecutiveSummary..............................................................................................................................................2

Key New Features ............................................................................................................................................................... 2

Enhancements related to Reliability, Performance and Security ........................................................ 2

Enhancements related to Usability .................................................................................................................. 3

Enhancements related to Essbase Studio ...................................................................................................... 3

Enhancements related to Cross Portfolio support ..................................................................................... 4

Lesson1: BuildingQuickEssbaseCubes......................................................................................................6

Building Quick Essbase Cubes ....................................................................................................................................... 7

Lesson2: CreatinganEssbaseCubewithStudio....................................................................................16

Overview & Objective ...................................................................................................................................................... 17

Exercise 1 Data Source and Mini Schema Creation ...................................................................................... 17

Exercise 2 Creating Folder Structures ............................................................................................................... 25

Exercise 3 Managing Hierarchies ........................................................................................................................ 29

Exercise 4 Cube Schema Creation ....................................................................................................................... 39

Exercise 5 Setting Essbase Properties ............................................................................................................... 48

Exercise 6 Essbase Alias Table ............................................................................................................................. 63

Exercise 7

Drill Through Reports ........................................................................................................................ 69

Lesson3: EssbaseIronChef...........................................................................................................................78

Overview & Objective ...................................................................................................................................................... 79

Exercise 8 Adding Quick Value with Oracle Essbase ................................................................................... 79

Exercise 9 Creating a Cube from a Customer Report .................................................................................. 80

Lesson4: Date-Time,Text,andVBA...........................................................................................................81

Overview & Objective Working with Date Time Dimensions ..................................................................... 82

Exercise 10 Expanding Essbase with Date Logic ............................................................................................. 85

Exercise 11 Optimizing MDX Formulae............................................................................................................... 85

Exercise 12 Creating Smart View Templates with VBA ................................................................................ 86

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Lesson1BuildingQuickEssbaseCubes


Lesson1: BuildingQuickEssbaseCubes

Aftercompletingthislessonthestudentshouldbeableto:

IdentifykeytoolsforquicklybuildingEssbasecubes IdentifykeyreportingcomponentsforeffectivelyhighlightingEssbasecubes Summarizethekeynewfeaturesinthe11.1.2release

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BuildingQuickEssbaseCubes

Thissectiondoesnotcontainanyexercises.Thesectionispresentedasa

PowerPointpresentation

that

summarizes

tips

and

tricks

for

creating

and

presentingEssbasecubes.Theslidesthatfollowarethesameusedbythe

instructor.Allnewfeaturesforthe11.1.2releasearesummarizedinthe

precedingsection.Thereareslidessummarizingthenewfeaturesincluded

below.

Essbase Provides a Recipe for Quick Value

Multi-dimension and Hybrid OLAP engine:

Robust ad-hoc interactivity Drill-down Multi-dimensional Navigation

Synthesizing information

Advanced calculations

Scenario modeling(what-if)

Essbase OLAP modes:

Stored OLAP (MOLAP)

Hybrid OLAP (HOLAP)

Relation OLAP (ROLAP)

Essbase Cube End User

Warehouse

SQLData

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Value of Essbase in the Enterprise

Unsurpassed ad-hoc/analytic capabilities

Scenario Modeling (what-if analysis)

Simplify and accelerate BI Process(self-service analysis)

Open access and deployment viastandards

Expanded hierarchies

Alternate hierarchies

Hierarchies in all dimensionsGreater breath of analytic ability

Purpose built dimensional calculation engine

Hundreds of prebuilt functions, extensible calculator

Speed and simplification

Optimize for analytics

Eliminates or minimizes need for aggregate tables

Simplified build process minimizes ETL requirements

Rapid aggregation of intersections and derived in memorycalculations as desired

Incremental data loading while maintaining user access

Essbase Advantages over Standard ROLAP

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Multi-platform support

Scalability:

User concurrency

Data volumes

Calculation capability

Enterprise Management:

Session management

Fewer cubes

Analytic Breadth:

No measure group requirement

Write-back and scenario based analysis

Lower TCO

Essbase Advantages over Other OLAP

Extreme Performance

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CompetingVendor

Essbase CompetingVendor

Essbase

Identical HardwareLoad & Calculation

Time in Minutes

50 Concurrent UsersQuery Response

Time in Seconds

50 Concurrent UsersCPU

Utilization %

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Standards Based

Query access

MDX SQL

Multiple and cross platform deployment

Unix, Linux, and Windows

32 / 64 bit

Optimization

Partitioning

Clustering

Tuning

Trickle Feed

Copyright 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Pervasive, Multipurpose BI & Analytics

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION

Essbase BI Server Predictive Analytics

Common Enterprise Information Model

EPM Workspace

OLTP & ODSSystems

Data WarehouseData Mart

SAP, Oracle, Siebel,PeopleSoft, Custom

BusinessProcess

OLAP

ETL, Data Source Security, Clustering, DRM

Common Enterprise Information Model(semantic layer)

ExcelXML

Applications Q&R Ad-Hoc / AnalyticsScenarioModeling

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Oracles BI Platform - Leveraging the Warehouse

Advanced calculation engine

Simple aggregations to complex cross-

dimensional allocations

Relationship awareApplication wide or subset specificConditional and procedural logic

Data WarehouseOraclePeopleSoft, Siebel, SAPCustom Apps

BusinessProcess

Essbase OBIEE

DataIntegration

Ad-hocAnalysis

InteractiveDashboards

Reporting &Publishing

ProactiveDetectionand Alerts

Disconnected& MobileAnalytics

MS Office& OutlookIntegration

OLTP & ODSSystems

DesktopGadgets

Analytic Modeling and Analysis

Intelligent Request Generation and

Optimized Data Access Services

Hierarchy-based navigation

Centralized dimensional maintenanceFinancial and time intelligenceScenario-based and what-if analysis

Scalability

Multi-user read writeIncremental data loadingHigh user concurrencyMulti-platform 32/64 bitsupport

Open APIs

Tools of the Trade Making the Quick Meal

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The Data Equivalent of a Food Processor Visual

Explorer

Who: Hard core analyst Power user

Dynamic, adaptivevisualization of data

Advanced insight throughdrag-and-drop

Maintain insight withincreasing businessdimensions

Statistical Analysis Dashboard Display

Customizable UI

The Ultimate Mixer (move over Kitchen Aid) -

Advanced Off ice Integration

Who:

Power user

End user Capabilities across:

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Ad-hoc and free form analysis

Function-based grids

Dynamic data points

Multi-source reporting

Application forms

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The Blast Chiller Essbase Application Manager

Quick prototyping

Copy and paste to and from Excel

Disconnected outlineand rule creation

Notes:

BSO only

Save outlineconvert to ASO

Essbase 6.5.x

No new features

Save as into newerserver

Not supported, not for

customers

DataWarehouses

Oracle

SAP

Flat-files

MDM

OBIEE

Drill through

Marketing

Finance

Inventory

CustomerProfitability

SalesPayroll

HR

Planning

Scripts

The Double Oven Essbase Studio

Make muffins and p izza at the same time- amazing!

Proliferation of data sources

Inter-related and dependent applications

Source-type specific modeling & construction environments

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Going from Source to Essbase

1. Map data source2. Map Essbase target

3. Model data source(s)

4. Create hierarchies

5. Create cube schema

6. Deploy Essbase model

Essbase Studio - Layout

Minischema tab in the DataSource Navigator

Data Sources tab in the DataSource Navigator

Metadata Navigator A tree view ofthe metadata repository

Folders created by user to organizecontents in the repository

A dimension element of that is of ameasure type

A dimension element that is bound toa physical column in the database

Hierarchy -A higher level metadataelement that has been created frombase dimensional elements

Cube schema A higher levelmetadata element that consists ofhierarchies and measures.

Essbase Model A cube schema thathas all the properties necessary to

create an Essbase application

Thumbnail navigator to obtain aminiaturized view of the minische

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Looking toward the Future

Essbase in the Middle

Embedded fusion application engine

Financials

CRM

Projects

Enterprise Readiness

Oracle Process Manager

Multi-node failover and High availability

Automated detection of service state

Read/write support of shared disk

Oracle Enterprise Manager Oracle Diagnostic Logging

Oracle Identity Manager

Looking toward the Future

Analytic Capability and Usability

Aggregate Storage allocations and procedural logic Analytic Data Framework toolkit

Web services support

SQL .NET support

Open Access

MDX via PL SQL query access to Essbase cubes

508 compliance for Essbase administrative UI

Thin client dimension modeling, editing, and cubemanagement

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Lesson2

CreatinganEssbaseCubewithStudio


Lesson2: CreatinganEssbaseCubewithStudio

Uponcompletionofthissessionthestudentshouldbeableto:

Createarelationalsourcedatabase MapconnectionsintoEssbaseStudio Completeallstepsrequiredtodeployacubefromarelationaldatasource

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Overview&Objective

TheobjectiveofthisseriesofexercisesistoprovideabroadoverviewofEssbase

Studiocapabilities

that

can

be

used

in

the

creation

of

custom

demonstrations

andPOCs.Theseexercisesfocusonarelationalmodel,butthemajorityofthem

canbeusedwithflatfilesaswell.Theoneexceptionisthecreationofthemini

schema.ThedriverusedbyEssbaseStudioonlyallowsselfjoinsforparent/child

buildsonafile.Youcannotcreatejoinsbetweenfiles.

Exercise1DataSourceandMiniSchemaCreation1) OpentheEssbaseStudioConsoleandlogin.2) Createanewdatasource. RightclickonDataSourcesandselectNew>DataSource

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3) GivethenewsourceanameofTBC_newandauser/passwordofTBC.

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4) Selectthefollowingtables,asshown:

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5) CreateanewminischemathenamewilldefaulttoTBC_newschema.

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6) Populatetheschemawithallthetables:

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7) Wedonotwanttocreateanymetadataelementsatthistime:

8) WhenyouselectFinishthenewconnectioniscreated:

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9) Theminischemaopens:

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10)DoubleclicktheTBC_newSchematabatthetopofthescematomaximisethedisplay

11)Addthejoinsasshownbelow,includingtherecursive(parent/child)joinintheMeasurestable.

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Note:IamdisplayingCrowsFeet,ratherthatarrow,thisisanoptioninStudio(Edit

>Preferences);also,afterjoiningthetablesIhaveaskedStudiotolaythemoutto

getthisdisplay.

12)ReturntheSchemadisplaytoitsstartingsize(doubleclickthetabagain)andthencloseitbyclickingontheXinthetab.Savethechanges,whenprompted.

Thenewdatasourceisnowreadytobeusedtocreatethedimensionelementswe

need.

EndofExercise

Exercise2 CreatingFolderStructuresItisnotalwaysnecessarytomanuallypositiontheelements,butthisgivesus

controloverwheretheyarestored,sowecancreatealogicalstructureandfind

everythingeasily.

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1) CreateanewfolderunderDimensionElements,calledTBC_new. RightclickonDimensionElementsandselectNew>Folder.

2) NamethefolderTBC_new.

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3) ExpandthetablesintheTBC_newdatasourceanddragthefollowingelementsintothenewfolderyoujustcreated.

TableName

Column

Name

Sales Amount

Transdate

Measures Parent

Child

Product SKU

Ounces

Market State

Family Family

Region Region

Scenario Scenario

4) Wewanttoaddcolumnsbasedonthedate(suchasmonth),tocreatetherequireddateelements,rightclickonTransdateintheTBC_newfolderandselectCreate

DateElements

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5) Selecttheelementsrequired,asbelow:

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6) Notethattheelementsarecreatedforusautomatically. WecouldhavedonethismanuallybyselectingNew>DataElement. DoubleclickonYeartoseewhathas

beencreated.

7) WehavenowcreatedalltheDimensionElements weneedandcanproceedontoEssbaseStudioWorkshopStage3.docxtocreatethehierarchies.

EndofExercise

Exercise3ManagingHierarchies1) CreateanewfolderunderthefolderHierarchiesalsocalledTBC_new.

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2) Createanewhierarchyunderthisfolder

3) TypeTimeintotheNamefielditrenamesthetab.

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4) DragtheYearfieldfromtheTBC_newDimensionElementsfolderintotheHierarchycolumn:

5) DragtheQuarterfieldovertheYearfieldinthehierarchywindow,soitwillbeaddedasachild:

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6) RepeatforMonth.

Donotcreatethishierarchydowntothedateleveltheformatusedtobuild

thedimensionand thedataaredifferent,sonothingwillload.Assoonaswe

havesortedoutthereasonand/oraworkaround,thisdocumentwillbe

updated.

7) Save&thenselectPreview.

8) Thesequenceisabitrandom! Weneedtofixthis. PressOKandthenClose.

9) OpentheMonthDimensionElementbydoubleclickingit,orrightclickandselectEdit.

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10)SelecttheTRANSDATEfieldfromtheTBC_newconnectionSALEStableandaddtotheSortSequenceandthenselectOK.

11)RightClicktheTimehierarchyandselectPreview.

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Youwillnoticethatitnolongerdisplaysalltheelements,sowecannotfullycheck

thesortingthisappearstobeafeature,butdoesmakesense:wedonotwantto

sort/selectthewholefacttable.

12)Repeatsteps3.1to3.6tocreatehierarchiesforthefollowingmembersandaddtheindicatedsorting(as3.9):

HierarchyName Member MemberSortField(table.column)

Measures Parent

Child Measures.Sortkey

Product Family

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SKU Product.SKU

Region Region Region.Region

State Market.State

Scenario Scenario

13)OpentheProducthierarchyandaddtheelementOuncesasasiblingofFamilyandthenaddSKUagainasachildofOunces.

14)OpentheScenariohierarchyandselectAdd>Adduserdefinedsiblingfromthebuttoninthebottomrightofthescreen. NametheitemForecast.

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15)RepeatfortheitemsVarianceandVariance%.

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16)SaveandPreview

Note:thatthedisplayappearstoshowmultiplehierarchiesthisisnothowit

willbebuiltinEssbase.

17)ClosetheSampleandthehierarchy.

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18)Inasimilarway,wenowcreateaViewHierarchywiththeelementsDaily,QTD,YTD.

19)Youmayhavenoticedthatasweaddedtheseuserdefinedelements,theywereautomaticallyaddedintothefolderwecreatedthehierarchyin.

WecouldhavecreatedtheseelementsmanuallyinStage2andthenwewould

havebeenabletopositionthemwherewewanted. Similarly,whencreating

hierarchies,youcandragelementsdirectlyfromthedatasourcesintheright

handviewpaneandtheywouldagainhavebeenaddedautomaticallytothe

folderwherethehierarchyis.

EndofExercise

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Exercise4 CubeSchemaCreation1) RightclickontheCubeSchemasfolderandselectNew>CubeSchema.

2) NametheSchemaTBC_new.3) SelecttheAMOUNTcolumnfromDimensionElements\TBC_newfolderandaddto

theMeasuresGroup:

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4) AddthehierarchiesshownbelowtotheHierarchiessection:

Note:thattheorderinwhichtheyareaddedwilldeterminetheorderinwhichthey

appearwithinyourEssbasecubeandthereisnowaytoresequencethemhere.

5) SelectNextandchecktheboxtocreateanEssbaseModel. SelectMeasuresastheAccountsDimension.

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Note:AnEssbasemodelisalocalrepresentationofthestructure.AnEssbase

outlinewillNOTbecreatedatthisstage.

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6) PressFinish.

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7) CreateanEssbasecube. Rightclickablankareaofthemodelworkspace(orthemodelnameintheNavigatorpane)andselectCubeDeploymentWizard.

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8) SelecttheEssbaseServer,ApplicationandDatabasenameandpressFinish.

Notethestandardoptionsforoutlinebuild,dataloadorboth,asinEIS. Thereis

alsoanewoptiontoCreateandsaverulefileonly. Thiswillpopulatetheloadrules

ontheEssbaseserver,wheretheycanbescriptedviaMaxL.

Theprogresswindowdisplays.

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9) Hopefully,youwillseeasuccessmessage! PressOK. (Sometimesitdoesnotdisplay.)

10)SelectCancelTheFinishbuttonwillcauseittoregeneratethecube!

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11)WecanlaunchEssbaseAdministrationServicesdirectlyfromStudio.

12)SingleSignonasusual!(ensuretheUsernameiscorrect,thedefaultisadmin.)

13)EASopens,notethatthisisadifferentskintoEASthanwhenlaunchednormally(Iprefer

it,

but

there

are

acouple

of

places

where

it

displays

white

text

on

awhite

background!).

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14)NavigatetotheApplication/databaseyoucreatedandopentheoutline.

15)Confirmthedimensionshavebuiltcorrectlyandthesequenceiscorrect.

16)Closetheoutline.

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17)WehavesuccessfullycreatedanEssbaseoutline,buthavenotspecifiedanyofthepropertiesweneed:Time;Alias;DynamicCalc,etc. Also,wehavecreatedaBSO

cubeandwewanttocreateanASOone,sodeletethisapplicationbefore

proceeding.

EndofExerciseExercise5 SettingEssbaseProperties

1) WecangettotheEssbasePropertiesinavarietyofways. RightclickonthefieldMeasures>ChildandselectEssbaseProperties. Alternatively,wecouldhave

doubleclickedthefield,orrightclickedontheEssbaseModelintheNavigator

window.

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2) TheEssbaseModelPropertiesopenswithfocusontheelementwehadselected.

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3) HerewecanspecifyallthestandardEssbasepropertiesthatweneed,dividedintoappropriatetabs.

4) AddthefollowingselectionstotheCHILDelementasExternalSource. NotethatwearenotaddinginformationthatrelatestoBSOmodels(TwoPass,DataStorage,etc.)

as

we

are

creating

an

ASO

model.

Tab Field Value

Info Consolidation CONSOLIDATION

Formula Formula FORMULA_ASO

UDAs UDAValue VARIANCEREPORTING

TIMEBALANCE

UDA

5) Fromherewecancontrolallmembers,aswellastheoverallmodelpropertiesbyselectingadifferentelementinthelefthandwindow. Setthefollowingproperties

forthespecifiedelements.

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Member Tab Field Setting

TBC_newModel General ASOStorage

Model

Yes

Time General NameinCube Year

Info Dimension

Type

Time

Measures Info Storage LabelOnly

Outline

Build

Hierarchy

Settings

DynamicatDimensionLevel

Scenario Info Storage LabelOnly

Outline

Build

Hierarchy

Settings


Variance Formula Formula IIF(

IsUda([Measures].Cu

rrentMember,"E"),

[Budget]

[Actual],

[Actual]

[Budget]

)

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Variance% Formula Formula IIF(

IsUda([Measures].Cu

rrentMember,"E"),

([Budget]

[Actual])/[Budget]*100,

([Actual]

[Budget])/[Budget]*100

)

View Outline

Build

Hierarchy

Settings


Info Storage LabelOnly

QTD Formula Formula Sum(

CrossJoin(

PeriodsToDate(

[Year].Generations(3))

,{[Daily]}

)

)

YTD Formula Formula Sum(

CrossJoin(

PeriodsToDate(

[Year].Generations(2))

,{[Daily]}

)

)

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Ounces General Essbase

attributefor

SKU

Trueselectthecheckbox

Attributetype Numeric

6) 5.6ClickApply,thenCloseandyouwillgetthismessage

7) SelectYestogetthismessage. WearebuildinganASOcubeandthesystemistellingusnottomakeTimeSparse. Donotdothisinfrontofcustomersalways

maketheTimedimensionDensebeforerunningthis!

8) Closethisbox. NotethatyouhavebeenreturnedtotheModelPropertiesscreen(incaseyouwanttodoanythingaboutthewarnings),soselectCloseagain. This

timeitwillclose!

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9) RightclickthemodelnameandselecttheCubeDeploymentwizard.

10)EnterthedatabasenameofTBC_newifitcomesupwithanameintheDatabasefield,italreadyexistsinwhichcaseyoushoulddeletethisapplicationfromEAS

beforecontinuing(youcanupdateadatabasehere,butifTBC_newalreadyexistsit

isprobablytheBSOmodelwecreatedearlierandcannotbeconvertedtoASO).

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11)SelecttoBuildoutlineandloaddataandOverwriteexistingdata.

12)5.12PressFinish

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13)Theloadwill(probably!)fail. SelectOKandthenCancel.

14)LaunchEASfromtheToolsmenu.

15)NavigatetotheTBC_newapplicationandviewtherulesfiles.

Onerulehasbeencreatedforeachdimension(includingattributedimensions).

Thesecannotbemodifiedoropenedinthisinterface(thisisbecausetherule

maybesetforVaryingAttributes,whicharenotsupportedintheLoadRule

GUI).

Thereisalsoaruleforthedataload,thatwillbenamedafterthedatabase,

whichcanbeopened.

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16)Openthedataloadrule(Main)andopen/runtheSQLsavedwithit(note:Datasource,userandpasswordareallTBC).

17)Therulelookscorrectalldimensionsarelistedandnamedcorrectly. Validatetherule.

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18)Savetheruleandthenexecuteit(rightclickonthedatabasenameandselectLoadData).

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19)ChangethedatasourcetoSQL,selecttherulesfileandentertheUsername/passwordandselectOK.

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20)Therulehascompletedwithwarnings,buthasloadeddata. Confirmthisbylookingatthedatabasepropertieswehaveloaded21thousandcells.

21)RightclickontheModelnameandselectShowDeploymentHistory.

22)Thiswillshowacompletehistoryofalldeployments.

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23)Followthedeploymentsuggestionaboveandtwosuccessfulentrieswillbeaddedtotheend.

Ifyougetthewarningthatadministrativetasksarebeingcarriedoutsothe

deploymentcannotbecompleted,stoptheapplicationinEAS. Thiswillensure

alllocksarecleared.

24)Rightclickonanyoftheelements,hierarchiesorthemodelandselectShowlineage.

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25)Fromherewecandoubleclickonanyelementtomakeitthefocus.

26)OpenExcelandconnecttothecubetoshowSmartViewcapabilities(ifrequired).EndofExercise

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Exercise6 EssbaseAliasTable1) FromtheToolsmenu,selectAliasSetManager.

2) Selecttoaddanewset.

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3) NamethenewAliassetTBC_new.

4) Selecttoaddanewbinding.

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5) Wecannowlinktheelementsweareusing(theSource)toaspecificdatabasecolumn(theBindingexpression). LinkSKUtoProduct.SKU_ALIAS.

6) SelectOKtosavethisbindingandtobeabletoaddmore.

7) SelectOKagaintosavethisAliasSet.

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8) ThisAliasSetcannowbelinkedtomanyEssbasemodels,ratherthanhavingtosetupthelinkageindividually. OpentheEssbasepropertiesscreen(see5.1ifstuck).

AgainsttheAliastabforthemodel,youcanaddeachaliastablerequired.

9) Closethisscreen(savingthechanges)andredeploythemodel.

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10)Selecttobuildtheoutlineonly.

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11)OpentheoutlineinEASandexpandtheProductdimension.

12)Noaliasesaredisplayed. ThealiastablewehavecreatedisnamedaftertheAliasSet. Undertheoutlineproperties,wecanseethatouraliastablehasbeencreated,

butisnotactive.

13)Ifrequired,makethetableactiveandshowinEASorSmartView.EndofExercise

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Exercise7DrillThroughReports1) RightclickontheDrillThroughreportsfolderandselecttocreateanewone.

2) RenamethereportDetailandselecttoaddintersectionlevels.

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3) ExpandthehierarchiesnodeandthenTBC_newtogettoourhierarchies. (Notethatonlythosefoldersthatcontainahierarchystructurearedisplayed.)

4) SelectTime,Product,ScenarioandRegionandpressOK.

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5) Wecannowselecttheintersectionlevelsthatareapplicableforthisreport.

6) SelecttheReportContentsTab.

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7) Addthecolumnsrequiredforthisreport. Selectallrequiredcolumns(usingcontrolclick)wecanreorderthemafterwards.

8) Usetheupanddownarrowsontherighttogettherequiredsequencetogetaselectionsimilartothis(notethatIhaveaddedAMOUNTtwice).

9) SelecttoSumtheAmountcolumn.

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10)Thenrenamethesecondamount(AMOUNT_1)andselecttoshowtheCount.

11)Addanysortingrequired.

12)PresstheTestbuttonandfillintheparametersandselectShowResult.

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13)GototheAssociationstab. Alldatabasesthatusethecombinationofdimensionswehaveselectedaredisplayed.

14)Checktherequireddatabase(s)andsave. Notethatnofurtheractionisrequired.This

report

is

immediately

available

for

these

databases

without

any

other

change/update.

15)OpenExcelandconnecttothedatabaseinSmartViewandstartanadhocquery.Foreaseofvisibility,setyourstylestohighlightdrillthroughreports.

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16)Drilltoalevelwherereportsareavailableandselectadatacellwhereitishighlighted. Notethatthedrillthroughreportisshownasacomment.

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17)Toexecutethedrillthroughreport,rightclickthecellandselectHyperion>AdHocAnalysis>DrillThroughReports.

18)Selecttheappropriatereport(ifmorethanone)andselectLaunch.

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19)Anewtabopenswiththereport.

Endof

Exercise

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Lesson3

EssbaseIronChef


Lesson3: EssbaseIronChef

Uponcompletionofthislessonthestudentshouldbeableto:

CreateanEssbasecubefromaflatfiledatadump CreateanEssbasecubefromacustomerreport

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Overview&Objective

Quiteoften,acustomerwillgiveyouadatadumporareportandaskyoutoprovevaluewithEssbase.

Other

times,

you

need

to

proactively

seek

thee

data

sources.

Regardless

of

how

you

obtain

the

data

gettingeitheralimiteddatadumporareportisanidealwaytosourceanEssbasecube.Essbaseisall

aboutthedata,allaboutthereport.Thesesourcesprovide:

Dimensionality Seeddata Hierarchies Reportingrequirements

Takingoneofthesedatasourcesandshowingthecustomervaluewiththeirowndataisthebestwayto

drive

home

the

value

that

Essbase

can

provide

to

an

organization.

Exercise8 AddingQuickValuewithOracleEssbaseTheStateofCalifornianeedsarecipebettermanagefunds.Giventhecurrent

economicclient,itisimperativethattheymanageaninevitablyshrinkingbudget

byoptimizingfundsspentonStateprogramsandcontracts.Theyneedtobeable

toanswerthefollowingquestions:

Wherearewespendingthemajorityofourcontractdollars? Ofthosecontracts,howmanyarecompetitive? DowehavecontractswithopenPOvalue?Ifso,whatdepartmentsare

thesein?

Ofthecontractdollarswhatpercentagearespentondemographicgroups(smallbusinesses,veteransgroups,etc)?

Ifwetakea10%budgetcutshouldthisbeappliedacrosstheboard,oraretheircontractualareasthatwecouldeliminatealltogethertobetter

absorbthebudgetshortfall?

Whatpercentageofcontractsareamended?Assumingtheseaccountforanincreasedbudgetimpact,whatareasareamendedmostoften?

Whichvendorisgettingthemajorityofcontractdollars?Doesthisholdtrueacrossallcontracttypes?Arethesecontractscontestedclosed?How

oftendoesthestateacceptabidthatisnotthelowestspend?

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Whatpercentageisagivencontractofthetotalspend?Whilethisprojectisaimedathelpingthestate,thesourceinformationis

publicallyavailable.Wecouldeasilyusethisinformationtohelpvendors

understandhow

the

state

spends

money

and

how

to

better

position

their

productsandservices.

Youcanbuildthecubeusinganymethodyouchoose.Youwillbejudgedon

tastefuldesign,executionoftechniques,andoriginality.However,please

completesteps13withina90minuteperiod.Thesecretingredientsforthis

challenge:

1) UsetheSCPRS.txtfiletocreateanEssbasecubetoanswerthequestionslistedabove.

2) Createatleasttworeportstosupportansweringthequestionslistedabove.3) ForthisexerciseyouonlyneedtocreatetheEssbasecube.However,amore

completesolutionmayincludeadditionalcomponents.Listanyadditional

components,analyticcapabilitieswemightbeabletousetoshowvalueinthis

demo.

EndofExerciseExercise9 CreatingaCubefromaCustomerReport

Forthis

case

study

you

should

complete

the

following

steps:

1) ReviewtheDailyOperationsSnapshot 09202006.xlsspreadsheetfoundintheEssbaseAdvanced/VanguardPOCfolder.

2) Basedonyourreviewdothefollowing:a. CreateanEssbasecubethatcouldbeusedtoreplicatethereportsb. LoaddatafromtheDailyOperationsSnapshot 09202006.xlsspreadhseetc. CreateatleasttworeportsfromtheEssbasecube

Youcanbuildthecubeusinganymethodyouchoose.Youcanalsochooseany

mediumforpresentationofthereports.Completesteps13withina90minute

period.

EndofExercise

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Lesson4

DateTime,Text,andVBA


Lesson4: Date-Time,Text,andVBA

Uponcompletionofthislessonthestudentshouldbeableto:

CreateaDatetimedimensioninandASOoutline CreatesimpleVBAtemplatesinSmartView BuilddateandtextmeasurecapabilitiesintoEssbase

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Overview&ObjectiveWorkingwithDateTimeDimensions

Date-time Dimensions

Automated Time Dimensions

Gregorian

Manufacturing

ISO

Fiscal

Retail

Expanded Functionality

Understanding time as acontinuum

Cross-tab reporting of time MDX Functions to work

with time

Loading based on time stamp

TheabilitytoproperlydiscernthedatevaluefromonemembertoanotherinanEssbaseoutlineis

somethingthathasbeenachallengeoftheyears.Theconceptofatruedatetimetypedidnotexistin

Essbaseuntilthe9.3.xrelease.WiththisreleaseseriesASOmodelhavetheabilitytodiscernthefinite

datevaluebetweenmembersinthedatetimedimension.

Thedatetimedimensiontypeiscreated,usingeitherEssbaseStudioortheDateTimedimensionwizard

inEssbaseAdministrationServices.TheDateTimeWizardletsyouchoosefromaseriesoftemplate

basedcalendarsandrefinethescopeandspecificsofagivencalendar.

Thisexerciseasksyoutoaddtimeintelligencemetricstoanoutlinethathasadatetimedimension. Use

thefollowingfunctiondefinitionsasareferencetohelpyoucreatethepropermemberformulae:

DateToMember(,[,])Givenadate(representedasanumberinAnalyticServicesMDX),thisfunctionwouldreturnthe

memberfrom

adate

hierarchy

of

the

input

dimension

from

the

specified

generation.

Default

hierarchyisprimaryone,defaultGenerationislowestgeneration.

DateRoll(,,)SupporteddatepartsarethestandardTimeperiodssuchasDP_Year,DP_Month,DP_Quarter,

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DP_Week,DP_Day.Thisfunctionrolls(addsorsubtracts)ndatepartstotheinputdateand

returnsadateintermsofthestandardGregoriancalendar.

DateDiff(,,)Thisfunctionreturnsthedifference(number)betweentwoinputdatesintermsofspecified

dateparti.e.DP_Year,DP_Quarter,DP_Month,DP_Week,DP_Day.

DatePart(,)ThisfunctionreturnstheYear/Quarter/Month/Week/Day/DayOfYear/Weekdayasanumber,

giventheinputdateandadatepart,followingthestandardGregoriancalendar

Today()ThisfunctionreturnsthecurrentdateonthemachinerunningAnalyticServicesserver.

TodateEx("internaldateformat","datestring")Returnsthedate(numeric)valuefrominputdatestringaccordingtothedateformatspecified.

Ifthedateorthedateformatstringsareinvalid,anerrorwillbereturnforeithercondition.The

functioniscasesensitive,sotypinginaMonthwithlowercasesuchasaprisnotallowed,

extrawhitespaceisalsonotallowed(errorwillbereturned)Thisfunctionisanextensionof

existingTodatefunction.

FormatDate(,internaldateformat)Thisfunctionreturnstheformatteddatestringforinputdate.Ifthedateorthedateformat

stringsareinvalid,anerrorwillbereturnforeithercondition.Thefunctioniscapsensitive,so

typinginaMonthwithlowercasesuchasaprisnotallowed,extrawhitespaceisalsonot

allowed(errorwillbereturned)

GetFirstDate(),GetLastDate()Thesefunctionsreturnthestart/enddate(numeric)forinputdatehierarchymember,

otherwisereturns#MISSING(suchaswhenmemberisnotfromthetimedimension).

Aggregate([,])AggregatesameasurebasedonitTimeBalanceProperties(TBFirst,TBLast,TBAvg).Behaveslike

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SUMwhenthemeasuredoesnthaveanyTimeBalanceproperty.UsefulinwritingMDX

formulasforPeriodsToDatecalculationsacrossanytypeofmetric(E.gSales/HeadCount)

Notethatmanyoftheprecedingfunctionsreferenceadateformat.Theformatssupportedbythedate

timetype

are

as

follows:

"monddyyyy", /*monshortddyyyy*/ "Monddyyyy", /*monfullddyyyy*/ "mm/dd/yy", /*mm/dd/yy*/ "yy.mm.dd", /*yy.mm.dd*/ "dd/mm/yy", /*dd/mm/yy*/ "dd.mm.yy", /*dd.mm.yy*/ "ddmmyy", /*ddmmyy*/ "ddMonyy", /*ddmonfullyy*/ "ddmonyy", /*ddmonshortyy*/ "Monddyy", /*monfullddyy*/ "monddyy", /*monshortddyy*/ "mmddyy", /*mmddyy*/ "yy/mm/dd", /*yy/mm/dd*/ "yymmdd", /*yymmdd*/ "ddMonyyyy", /*ddmonfullyyyy*/ "ddmonyyyy", /*ddmonshortyyyy*/ "yyyymmdd", /*yyyymmdd*/ "yyyy/mm/dd", /*yyyy/mm/dd*/ "LongName", /*Longdateformat:Tuesday,March14,1995*/

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Exercise10 ExpandingEssbasewithDateLogicTheEdenElectronicsCorporationneedstoreportonaseriesoftimebased

metrics.This

exercise

has

you

add

those

metrics

to

your

model.

1) CreateanewASOcubeusingtheTIME.OTL.2) LoadtheTIME.TXTdatafileintothecube.Itdoesnotrequirealoadrule.3) Addthefollowingmetrics aschildrenoftheAnalysismemberintheAccounts

dimension:

a. Rolling5Period Avg Salesb. DateLastSoldc. DaysSinceLastSoldd. Day#ofCurrentFiscalYeare. DateoutofStock(hint:considerusingtheTailfunction)f. DayoutofStock(hint:considerusingtheTailfunction)

4) OpentheTIME.XLSspreadsheettovalidateyourformulae.TheAnswerssheetcontainsdatacalculatedproperly.ConnecttheRetrievesheettoyourcubeand

refreshto

compare

your

results

to

the

proper

answers.

5) YoucanusetheTIMEC.OTLtoseecompletedformulaforthedesiredmetrics.EndofExercise

Exercise11 OptimizingMDXFormulaeThis exercise presents a case study for optimizing and MDX formulae. The solution presented in

this exercise represents one possible soution to this optimization question.

1) MakeacopyoftheASOSampapplication.2) AddamemberintheAccountsdimensionnamed3MonthContribution.Thegoalis

tocalculateaproducts3monthaverageTransactionscontribution%toall

products3monthaverage.

3) Enterthismemberformulafor3MonthContribution:

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Round( ( (

([Time].CurrentMember,[Products].CurrentMember,[Transacti

ons]) +

([Time].CurrentMember.Lag(1),[Products].CurrentMember,[Tr

ansactions]) +

([Time].CurrentMember.Lag(2),[Products].CurrentMember,[Tr

ansactions]) ) /

(([Time].CurrentMember,Ancestor (Products.CurrentMember,

Products.Generations(2)),[Transactions]) +

([Time].CurrentMember.Lag(1),Ancestor

(Products.CurrentMember,

Products.Generations(2)),[Transactions]) +

([Time].CurrentMember.Lag(2),Ancestor

(Products.CurrentMember,

Products.Generations(2)),[Transactions]) ) ),4)

4) Savetheoutline,restrucrturealldataifprompted.5) OpentheOptimization.xlsfile.6) ConnecttheContributionsheettoyourcopyofASOSamp.Sampledatabase.7) RefreshthesheetandwritedownthequeryresponsetimefromtheASOSamp

applicationlog.

8) OptimizetheMDXformulafor3MonthContirbution.9) Savetheoutlineandrestructureexistingdata.10)RefreshtheContributionsheetinSmartViewandwritedownthequeryresponse

timefromtheASOSampapplicationlog.

11)Repeatsteps810asmanytimesasnecessarytocontinuetooptimizetheretrievaltime.

EndofExercise

Exercise12 CreatingSmartViewTemplateswithVBA

This exercise walks you through the process of creating a simple VBA template leveraging the

Smart View for Office VBA toolkit.

1) Ifnotalreadyopen,openExcel.

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8) Iftime,expandtheVBAtemplateasfollows(usetheSample.Basicdatabase):a. AddadropdownlisttothesheetthatfillswiththechildrenofMarkets.b. Basedontheactivememberinthedropdownlist,createabuttonthat

takesthechildrenofthatmemberandplacesthemonthegridasrow

headersforasalesreport.

c. CreateabuttonthattakestheattributesofaselectedproductandshowsthemintheExcelcellcommentforthatmember.

9) TestyourtemplateusingtheSample.Basicdatabase.10)OpentheVBA_Extend.xlsworksheet.Compareyourtemplatetothisone.Youcan

alsousethistemplatetohelpwithyoursamplecode.

EndofExercise

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