Well, that wraps up the chapter on the Essbase outline. We know you've been hit with a lot of information upto this point. There is a lot to know about the Essbase database outline.
You have learned how to add dimension level members to the database outline and you've learned how to make decisions on how to best determine what categories of your data best fit as Essbase database outline dimensions.
You have learned the myriad available properties that a database outline member can have. For instance, how the child members consolidate their values to the parent member, or do the individual members store data or have it dynamically calculated.
You have also learned that there are several ways to actually update an Essbase database outline. You can perform any necessary task manually by using the EAS, but you can also perform most routine tasks automatically by either using a dimension build load process or by executing a MaxL command script.
You are now at a point where you should have...
