Creating and Maintaining Actions in Virtual Cubes

Actions can be created directly in virtual cubes or imported from component parts of cubes. The Action Wizard can also be used to create and edit actions in Virtual cubes. The Virtual cube editor can be used to maintain the actions and the Virtual Cube Editor provides a single click access to the Action Wizard. The Import Actions dialog box can be used to import actions into virtual cubes.

In the Analysis Manager tree pane, right-click the virtual cube, and then click Edit.

In Virtual Cube Editor, on the Insert menu, click Action.

In the Action Wizard, in Welcome step, click Next.

In the Select target step, select the object to which the action is attached. Generally, in client applications, the action is displayed when end users select the target object; however, the client application determines which end-user operation displays actions. Click Next.

In the Select the action type step, select the type of action. The type indicates the kind of operation performed by the action. Click Next.

In the Define the action syntax step, specify the parameters that are passed when the action is executed. The syntax must evaluate to a string. Click Next

In the Finish step, specify the action name. Click Finish.

To save the action, in Virtual Cube Editor, on the File menu, click Save.

Note that Actions in virtual cubes are not visible in the Analysis Manager tree pane. To create and access them, you must first display Virtual Cube Editor.

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