Configuring Cube Types

Cube Types are used to capture the details that define the sourcing of the data for a cube view and parameters that control certain features of the cube viewer. These details include:

• The business service whose associated zone defines the query used to select and filter the data for the cube view.

• The user parameters that correspond to the filters for this cube type’s business service and zone.

• The user parameter settings that determine whether a given filter value should be saved with the cube view and whether the value should be populated from global or portal context, if applicable.

• The fixed parameter values to be applied as hidden filters for cube views of this type.

• The results from the business service and zone to be used as dimensions in the cube view and those that are the cube view values.

• The dimension settings that determine the order in which the dimensions are displayed in the data grid, which dimensions are to be used as filters in the cube view and which dimensions are to be included in the cube view tree.

• The values settings that determine the default sequence in which the values are displayed in the data grid.

• The FK Reference used to navigate from the data grid to the underlying source data.

If your product provides business services that support cube views you plan to use, all you need to do is configure the appropriate cube type records. Refer to Maintaining Cube Types for more information.

If your implementation has identified additional cube views you need for data analysis, you will need to create a zone and business service that use specific techniques for defining the SQL to derive the source data for the view and for mapping the results. Refer to Cube Type Advanced Topics for more information