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PowerCubes (continued)
sorting in a slowly changing dimension (example) 130
sorting time-based partitions (example) 129
Transformer guidelines 354
troubleshooting slow build times 202
troubleshooting time-based partitioning issues 128
updating metadata 144
using alternate data sources when creating 143
using multiple files for large cubes 170
xml code for publishing (example) 222
ppds_cfg.xml file
allocating measures 109
pre-processing data
consolidation prior to import 4
external rollup options 4
preference files
backward compatibility 236
environment variables 194
XML schema 218
preference settings
-d command line option 214
-f command line option 217
AutoPartitionOff 327
CenturyBreak 327
globally ordering categories within levels 67
MultiFileCubeThreshold 327
processing defaults 215
specified in .xml files 326
TransdaPath 328
UNIX or Linux 194, 195
processing
common UNIX problems 200
reducing processing time 177
restarting from beginning (example) 202
restarting from checkpoint file (example) 202
setting global preferences 194
prompts
editing 30
including in an XML command file 223
multi-valued 224
MUN 225
range 224
removing obsolete 31
simple 224
specifying segmenting in SAP BW query 32
using prompt reports as data sources 16
prototyping
useful model starting point 6
published cubes
copy and activate command line option 225
published PowerCubes
new versions 187
publishing
cube groups 163
publishing cubes
directly to IBM Cognos Connection 163
publishing in batch-mode
-f option 220
publish specification file 167
publishing PowerCubes
troubleshooting failure to publish 246
using pcactivate.exe 189
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queries
adding to existing data sources 36
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queries (continued)
importing 36
removing obsolete prompts 31
quotation marks
MDL syntax conventions 334
R
ragged hierarchies
Report Studio 245
range prompt 224
ranges
specifying for spreadsheet sources 41
read operations
controlling when sources are read 47
reconfiguring drives
to speed build times 204
recovery
suspended models 171
refining models
example 9
using allocated or calculated measures 8
using alternate drill-down paths and special categories 8
regular column
converting to calculated column 241
relative time
creating custom periods 328
creating custom periods (example) 329
selecting available periods 328
setting up standard or custom time periods 79
removed features
externalized queries 2
version 10.1.0 1
removing
object security 150
security objects 151
reordering data sources 24
Report Studio
ragged hierarchies 245
unbalanced hierarchies 245
reports
multilingual data 18
restricting
access 147
model and cube size for optimal processing 207
reverse function 369
reversing the sign
display option for financial data 99
right function 369
roles
adding security 148
rollup aggregate settings 17
rollup operations
specifying timing 98
rollup rules and calculated query items 17
rollup types
external 103
setting duplicates rollup functions 109
specifying for regular measures 102
specifying regular and time-state rollups 106
specifying time-state functions 104
supported functions 331
time-state rollup (example) 105
rollups
disabling for special categories 88
round-down function 364
round-near function 365