Building is the process where the ElastiCube is materialized.  The build process goes over the tables, fields and relationships defined in the ElastiCube project and materializes the ElastiCube accordingly.

 

To build an ElastiCube project, navigate to the Build tool bar item:

 

There are two build options available:

Build: Only builds changes made to the ElastiCube since it was last built.  This process does not import data for tables for which data already exists in the ElastiCube.

Build & Synchronize:  Builds the entire ElastiCube from the ground up, including importing of data for all ElastiCube tables.

 

Selecting one of the build options will bring up the Build Settings window:

 

 

Build Location

The ElastiCube can be built on any Abacus ElastiCube Server instance.  Choosing 'Local' will build the ElastiCube on the server instance installed on the local machine.  To build an ElastiCube on a remote server, specify the server name.  If you have yet to create a connection to the remote server, you can do so by clicking the Add Server button.

 

Building with Sample Data

It is also possible to limit the number of rows fetched from each source table.  This is very useful when you only wish to build the ElastiCube for debugging purposes and you prefer not to wait for the entire data to be imported.  To do so, enable the sample data checkbox and specify the number of rows to import.

 

Scheduled Build

To have the build process repeated automatically on a scheduled basis, click on the Set Synchronization Scheduling button and follow instructions.

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