Here are some quick tips to check when tuning your BSO application: 1. Dimension Order ♦ Use the hourglass model: Largest dense to smallest dense, smallest sparse to largest sparse ♦ Attribute dimensions are always last. 2. Dense/Sparse Settings ♦ Typically, your accounts and period dimensions are classified as dense. 3....

Not only is Essbase a leading calculation engine, but as a multidimensional database, it is also efficient at storing data. Essbase creates data blocks and an index system in order to access and store data into a cube. The cube above contains three dimensions: Scenario Accounts Period Data values are...