instructions for advanced measures objects

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Web Intelligence XI 3.1

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Creating the Advanced Measures

Objects Class


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The contents of this document provide instructions on how to create the class of objects called'Advanced Measures' in both 'eFashion' and 'eFashion Oracle XI3.1' universes.

This class of objects is required for the session on 'Advanced Measures'.

Loading of Sample Data into Oracle

1. Accompanying this document will be a file called 'CUSTOMER_FACT_ORACLE.txt'. Your Oracle

DBA needs to run the contents of this file to create the data in you Oracle 'eFashion' user.

2. Jump to 'Creating the Advanced Measures objects'.

Loading of Sample Data into Microsoft Access

1. Accompanying this document will be a file called 'CUSTOMER_FACT.xls' file. Save this file toyour PC or network location. We have saved it here in the same folder as our 'efashion.mdb'(Microsoft Access) file.

2. Double-click on 'efashion.mdb' to open it in Microsoft Access.

If you are presented with a warning in Microsoft Access then click on 'Options' in the following bar:

Then select 'Enable this content' and click 'OK'.


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3. Select 'External Data' and click on 'Excel':

4. In the 'Get External Data - Excel Spreadsheet' interface:

Click on 'Browse...' and select the downloaded file 'CUSTOMER_FACT.xls'.

Ensure the option 'Import the source data into a new table in the current database' is selected.

Click 'OK'.

5. In the 'Import Spreadsheet Wizard' ensure the 'First Row Contains Column Headings' is selected.

6. Click 'Next >'.

7. Click 'Next >' again.

8. Ensure 'No primary key' is selected.

9. Click 'Next >'.

10. Ensure the text box labelled 'Import to Table:' contains the value 'CUSTOMER_FACT'.

11. Click 'Finish'.

12. Click 'Close'.


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13. Double-click on 'CUSTOMER_FACT' in the table list.

It should contain 144 records as shown below.

14. Close 'CUSTOMER_FACT' table by clicking on the 'Close' (i.e. 'X') button in the corner of thewindow.

15. Double-click on ' CUSTOMER_FACT$_ImportErrors' in the table list.

It should contain 12 records as shown below. These records are showing errors but they are okbecause they are all supposed to contain a 'NULL' value (i.e. 'empty') for the Spend column.


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16. Close ' CUSTOMER_FACT$_ImportErrors' table by clicking on the 'Close' (i.e. 'X') button in thecorner of the window.

17. Select the error table in the 'Tables' list and press or .

18. Click on 'Yes' when prompted to confirm the deletion of the error table.

19. Exit Microsoft Access.

Creating the Advanced Measures class and objects

1. The 'Advanced Measures' class and its contents should be created as follows:

The mappings overleaf show how each class/object should be created.


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2. Use the following mappings to create the 'Advanced Measures' class and objects:

Class Name Advanced Measures

Object Name ObjectType

Qualification Object SQL ProjectionFunction

Year Number Dimension CUSTOMER_FACT.YEAR_NO

Quarter Character Dimension CUSTOMER_FACT.QUARTER

Month Number Dimension CUSTOMER_FACT.MONTH_NO

Region Character Dimension CUSTOMER_FACT.REGION

Spend Number Measure Sum(CUSTOMER_FACT.SPEND) Sum

Sub Class Name Special Measures

Object Name ObjectType

Qualification Object SQL ProjectionFunction

Average SpendSum

Number Measure Avg(CUSTOMER_FACT.SPEND) Sum

Average SpendMax

Number Measure Avg(CUSTOMER_FACT.SPEND) Max

Average SpendMin

Number Measure Avg(CUSTOMER_FACT.SPEND) Min

Average SpendAverage

Number Measure Avg(CUSTOMER_FACT.SPEND) Average

Average SpendCount

Number Measure Avg(CUSTOMER_FACT.SPEND) Count

Average SpendDD

Number Measure Avg(CUSTOMER_FACT.SPEND)Databasedelegated

3. Run an Integrity Check on the universe.

Results for 'eFashion Oracle XI3.1' universe should show:


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Results for 'eFashion' universe should show:

4. Export universe into your CMS using File Export.

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