Analyst Workstations

Definition: Analyst workstation

An Analyst workstation is a data access tool that enables you to perform the following tasks:

• Refresh structures distributed by the Administrator workstation

• Define and use personal reports, graphs, worksheets, and folders or use administrator defined documents

• Access and manipulate data associated with dimensions, dimension values, time, attributes, hierarchies, and models in the shared database

Location in a tiered architecture

In a tiered structure, an Analyst workstation is located beneath the Administrator workstation that created it and is associated with a personal database that contains database structures and settings but no personal copy of financial data.

How Analyst workstations communicate with the shared database

The following illustration shows how Analyst workstations communicate with the shared database through the Task Processor.

Note that when viewing data, the Analyst workstation communicates directly with the shared database, and does not go through the Task Processor.