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5. Dimensional updates would be on the weekends only (the cubes could be taken
oine at that time).
6. Essbase Classic Add-In Templates would be used for reporting; no ad hoc report-
ing (thank you) and the SLA for report retrievals was less than 30 seconds.
Aer reviewing these requirements, frankly, I was scared and a little bit leery of
whether this could even be done with Essbase. Mind you, I was well past those early
skeptical days I discussed at the beginning of this chapter. I knew what could be done
with ASO cubes, but this exceeded anything I had ever attempted. I did not want to be
cutting edge. e project was too high prole to end up no ...