Chapter 7. Moving Planning Data: D-Links
In this chapter, we will explain how we can move the data by using D-Links. We will discuss the basic steps of creating a D-Link, and the things that you need to take care of when creating a D-Link. Here, we will:
- Show how to connect to data sources outside of IBM Cognos in order to bring data into the D-Cube
- Go through two special D-Links: the Look Up and Accumulation D-Links
- Demonstrate how to use D-List formatted items as virtual dimensions that can be paired with real dimensions in a D-Link.
- Show how to map data from sources to targets by using a local allocation table—an A-Table—and a D-Cube
- Explain the various options that gives the D-Link the additional functionality
- Describe how to move data from other ...
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