Process for Creating Outlines

This section provides an overview of creating outlines using Outline Editor. For information about Outline Editor, see the Oracle Essbase Administration Services Online Help.

For basic information about outlines, see Understanding Multidimensional Databases.

  To create an outline:

  1. Create a database. The new database automatically contains a blank outline.

    See Creating Applications and Databases.

  2. Open the outline.

    See Creating and Editing Outlines.

  3. Add dimensions and members to the outline.

    See Adding Dimensions and Members to an Outline.

  4. Set each dimension as dense or sparse.

    See Setting Data Storage Properties.

  5. Position dimensions and members in the outline.

    See Positioning Dimensions and Members.

  6. Set dimension and member properties.

    See Setting Dimension and Member Properties.

  7. If necessary, create attribute dimensions and associate them with the appropriate base dimensions.

    See Working with Attributes.

  8. Verify and save the outline.

    See Figure 37 and Saving Outlines.