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