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Creating and configuring MicroStrategy metadata

Before creating the MicroStrategy metadata, it is necessary to have the following two prerequisites ready:

A blank database (Amazon Redshift, DB2, Informix, Impala, SQL Server, Oracle, and so on. For a complete list of certified MicroStrategy metadata databases, check the Readme file or release notes corresponding to the version you are installing.)
A DSN (Data Source Name) using the corresponding ODBC/JDBC driver to that blank database.

MicroStrategy Connectivity Wizard can also be used to create a DSN.

The steps to create the MicroStrategy metadata are:

Open the MicroStrategy Configuration Wizard (macfgwizw.EXE). This tool will let you create a MicroStrategy metadata, configure an Intelligence ...

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