8.1 Performance implications of OLAP-style reports
Query performance is mostly determined by how much data is fetched from the caches and
the database, and how much information the report is trying to show the user. In general,
when querying against large warehouse data, use context filters to constrain the data that is
processed.
An expectation is that a vast majority of OLAP-style reports and analyses that run against
Cognos Dynamic Cubes show data at high levels of hierarchies. For example, the report on
the Gross Profit for Retailers Region and Products Product Line.
Any deeper analysis or drilling down will ha ...
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