
96 • Developing Essbase Applications: Advanced Techniques for Finance and IT Professionals
3.6.1.1 Loading Data External to Studio Aer the metadata is in place, your next deci-
sion is how to load the data. From a data load perspective, a cube built using Studio via
the Cube Deployment Wizard or directly from a numeric data source is like any other
Essbase database. It is only natural to question why you would load data external to
Studio aer leveraging Studio to build the dimensionality. e answer is: Control.
When loading data with Studio you have the option of writing custom data-load
SQL. is is good, assuming you are leveraging a relation ...