View and Edit Outline Properties for a Newly Created Cube

Outline properties, in part, control the functionality available in an Essbase cube, but they also control member naming and member formatting for attribute dimensions, alias tables and text measures.

To view and edit an outline:

  1. Log into the Essbase web interface as a power user.
  2. On the Home page, click Create to create a new application.
  3. Give the application a unique name.
  4. Give the database (cube) any name.
  5. (Optional) Choose a database type, and select to allow duplicate member names or enable scenarios.
  6. Click Save.
  7. On the Home page, navigate to the new application, and select the Actions menu Image of the Actions menu icon in the Redwood interface, on the Applications page, next to the application name..
  8. Choose Databases > Database Name > Launch Outline.
  9. Click Edit Image of the edit outline icon in the redwood outline editor..
  10. Click Outline Properties Image of the outline properties icon in the outline editor.