IBM Cube Designer aka Dynamic Cubes

[Francis aka khayman]

Is/has anybody used this? Any thoughts?

Anybody knows good reference materials?

[MFGF]

I have used Cube Designer. It's just another dimensional modelling tool. It has pretty much everything you would expect when defining a cube.

Here is a link to the Dynamic Cubes User Guide:

http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/documentation/docs/en/10.2.1/ug_cog_rlp.pdf

Cheers!

MF.

[bus_pass_man]

IBM is so big it has its own vanity press.

This is the link to the IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes Redbook.

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248064.html

Here is a link to DeveloperWorks, which is another place for information, with a query done for you.

http://www.ibm.com/search/csass/search/?q=cognos+dynamic+cubes&sn=dw&lang=en&cc=US&en=utf&hpp=20&dws=dw

Here are some videos on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/user/BlueProductManager?feature=watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqFPshTy-xk

[Francis aka khayman]

I was wondering why IBM have to create this sh.... errr... thing when FM is already there.

It would have made Cognos a lot better product (and developers and users a lot happier) if they created something that converts FM Models into Dynamic Cubes

[MFGF]

I think this was a deliberate design intent by IBM - to separate FM modeling from building a Dynamic Cube. I suspect part of the reason is that Dynamic Cubes are supported only on Star or Snowflake schemas whereas FM can model data stored in a plethora of different forms and structures.

MF.

[Francis aka khayman]

or maybe $tar and $$nowflake

I think this was a deliberate design intent by IBM - to separate FM modeling from building a Dynamic Cube. I suspect part of the reason is that Dynamic Cubes are supported only on Star or Snowflake schemas whereas FM can model data stored in a plethora of different forms and structures.

MF.