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Show Reference
To confirm the origin of every data source column associated with your
Dimension Map and see how each is used, use the Show Reference command on
the Tools menu.
Generate Categories
To confirm how the categories in a specific data source relate to your model, use
the Generate Categories command on the Run menu, with the selected data
source. To prevent the generation of categories in specific levels or entire
dimensions, select the Prohibit automatic creation of new categories check box on
the General tab of the Level or Dimension property sheets.
Create Selected Cubes
During the prototyping stage, you may want to create only certain cubes. You can
enable or disable cube creation in one of following ways:
v Change the Cube creation option on the Processing tab of the PowerCube or
v Use the Create Selected PowerCube command on the Run menu.
v Use the Model Definition Language (MDL) function CreateFromCubes. For more
Check Cube Build Status
When you build a cube in Cognos Transformer, you can check the status of the
cube build at any time without opening it by using the PowerCube Status
command on the Tools menu. You can check the status of all the cubes that are
defined for a model at the same time. If your model has more than one cube, you
can apply a filter to monitor the status of cubes enabled for creation, disabled
cubes, or both.
You can also filter the cube build status settings by selectively requesting one of
the following:
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Consult the Error Message and Troubleshooting Help
In addition to the troubleshooting topics in the User Guide, help is available from
Help buttons in some error messages to help you resolve any model design
problems.
Review the Resulting Reports With Your Users
After you generate a few reports from your prototype, ask for feedback from
representative users by posing open-ended questions. If you are the IT specialist,
involve an experienced business analyst in the process.
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Cube Group property sheet.
information, see the Cognos Transformer Developer Guide.
Any status, to list all cubes associated with the model, regardless of their status.
Errors, to list cubes that were not created because they are not valid, or failed.
Warnings, to list all cubes for which warnings were detected during a previous
create.
Successful, to list all cubes created without errors or warnings, having a status
of OK.