Chapter 10. Interacting with Cubes

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Use actions to view reports associated with selected attributes.

  • Add drillthrough capabilities to a cube.

  • Prepare dimensions and cubes to allow dynamic changes.

Throughout the preceding chapters of this book, you have been making changes to the structure of cubes and dimensions to support particular analytical requirements. Now you’re ready to explore the features that increase the functionality of your analysis applications even more–actions and writeback. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to use actions to integrate reporting applications with your cube so that users can access the detailed information associated with their current focus of analysis. Additionally, ...

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