Working with the Data Source Connections of an Essbase Cube Deployed by Oracle BI EE

To take advantage of the aggregation power of Essbase, Oracle BI EE allows users to deploy Essbase cubes from the Oracle BI EE Essbase Cube Generation module.

In the Essbase Cube Generation module, users define measures, dimensions, and attributes, and then specify cube building options to deploy an Essbase cube. Essbase Studio serves as a web service to help Oracle BI EE deploy Essbase cubes. During the cube deployment process, Oracle BI EE sends an XML file which defines data source information and the cube schema with expected Essbase artifacts, along with deployment options to Essbase Studio. Essbase Studio then deploys the Essbase cube and returns the deployment results back to Oracle BI EE.

When an Essbase cube is deployed from Oracle BI EE, two elements are created in the Data Source Navigator in Essbase Studio Console:

Work with Oracle BI EE data source connections created in this way as you would any Oracle BI EE data source connections that you create in Essbase Studio.

See also Working with the Metadata Elements of an Essbase Cube Deployed by Oracle BI EE.