Using OLAP Models

Use an OLAP model to create metaoutlines. A metaoutline contains the basic structure required to build an Essbase outline and load data into EssbaseEssbase. You can use one OLAP model as the basis for another by saving the original under a different name and editing it. You can create any number of OLAP models to build metaoutlines. Each metaoutline, however, is based on one, specific OLAP model.

OLAP models have the following features:

They can be the basis for multiple metaoutlines.
They insulate the Essbase database outline from changes in the source database.
They enable you to create hierarchies to structure and summarize data from a source database. You can use the hierarchies in multiple metaoutlines.