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Figure 2-2 shows a cube being started.
Figure 2-2 Starting a cube
Dynamic cubes have many important features and capabilities that are best obtained through
the coordination of database administrators and designers, business intelligence (BI)
modelers, Cognos administrators, and report authors. This section provides an overview of
the various aspects of IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes in an attempt to show how dynamic
cubes are designed and optimized across a set of coordinated activities.
2.1.1 Dynamic cubes and the data warehouse
A dynamic cube provides OLAP access to a star or snowflake data warehouse ...