Cube Generation Process - Manual

You can process and publish cube database manually before you view and analyze it in the Emptoris® Spend Analysis application.

Creating an input set or cube manually, involves the following tasks:

Table 1. Steps required for the Cube Generation Process
# Stage Procedure / Related topic
1 Creation of new cube.
  1. Log on to the Emptoris Spend Analysis application, and go to the Data Manager tab.
  2. Select a company, in the cube list, select Create New Cube, and then click Go.
  3. On the Create New Cube page, click Manually and then click Create.
2 Entering basic information. Entering Basic Cube Information
3 Defining information in fact tables from the data files. Entering Fact Table Information
4 Defining measures. Defining Measures
5 Defining and adding dimension data. Adding a Single Column Derived Dimension
6 Processing cube. Processing Input Set Cube
7 Validating Data. Data Validation
8 Enriching data by applying rules. Data Enrichment
9 Publishing cube. Publishing Cube
Parent topic: Spend Cubes