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3. Refresh the view by clicking Refresh to see that the cube has disappeared from under the

QueryService (Figure 5-10).

Figure 5-10 After the cube is removed from the QueryService the list becomes empty

5.2 Starting, stopping, and monitoring cubes

This section describes how to start, stop, and monitor cubes.

5.2.1 Starting a cube

Before a cube can be used it has to be started. Use the following steps to start a cube.

1. To start the cube, click the down arrow next to the cube name and select Start

(Figure 5-11).

Figure 5-11 Pop-up menu with available cube administration tasks

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2. When the command is running, a dialog opens (Figure 5-12).

Figure 5-12 Cube started notification dialog

3. When the cube starts successfully, its status changes to Available. If the cube start is

unsuccessful, or additional information is needed about the command state, use the View

recent messages command to review details about its state (Figure 5-13). Select the

command from the drop-down menu by clicking the down arrow next to the cube name.

Figure 5-13 Selected “View recent messages” command

Note: This dialog indicates that the command was successfully submitted, but does not

mean that it has finished successfully.