30 Best Practices

Best practices describe effective ways to use a feature. The following table provides links to the best practices discussed in this guide.

Category Best Practice For See this Section
Using Profitability and Cost Management (PCM) Agent Forming user requests User Request Best Practices
Creating and Managing Applications Designing an application Application Design Best Practices
Managing Dimensions Designing dimensions Best Practices When Designing Dimensions
Creating and Managing Rules Creating Rule Sets Rule Set Design Best Practices
Creating Allocation Rules Defining an allocation rule source and destination Best Practices for Allocation Rule Source and Destination
Defining an allocation rule driver Best Practices for Allocation Rule Drivers
Defining an allocation rule offset Best Practices for Allocation Rule Offsets
Creating Custom Calculation Rules Creating a custom calculation rule About Creating Custom Calculation Rules
Viewing Rule Balancing Reports Designing data forms for rule balancing Best Practices for Designing Rule Balancing Data Forms
Calculation Performance Altering calculation performance characteristics and behavior in certain special cases Preferences Related to Calculation Performance
Troubleshooting Database Refresh Issues Optimizing ASO cubes Optimizing Aggregate Storage Option Cubes
Improving cube performance Improving Cube Performance