6 Loading and Extracting Dimension Members

This topic describes how to load and extract dimensions and members for the Narrative Reporting application:

• Prepare the flat load file to required specifications. See Formatting Load Files.

• Load metadata from an existing data source to quickly build your application. See Loading Dimension Members from an External File.

• Extract data from the application to create a backup copy, reload the extracted files to another system, or extract and manually modify the members. See Extracting Dimension Members to an External File.

Model data is separately managed using Load Data and Extract Data commands. See Load, Extract, and Clear Data.

Watch this tutorial video, you’ll learn how administrators load and extract dimension members for the Narrative Reporting Cloud.

-- Loading and Extracting Dimension Members.

As a dimension administrator, you can load dimension members from a flat file to quickly build your application; extract dimension members from the application to create a backup copy, reload the extracted files to another system, or extract and manually modify the members.