Monthly Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Process

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Office of Information Systems

Version 1.1

August 19, 2002

H-Net Technical Standards and Policies Compliance Document Revised 08/19/02

Table of Contents

Introduction...... 3 Purpose...... 3 Document Change Log...... 4 The Monthly OLAP Process...... 5 Monthly Refresh Process for the Benefits Cube...... 5 Monthly Refresh Process for the Benefits (Average Rollup) Cube...... 5 Monthly Refresh Process for the Budgets Cube...... 6 Monthly Refresh Process for the Budgets (Average Rollup) Cube...... 6 Monthly Refresh Process for the Individuals Cube...... 7 Monthly Refresh Process for the Individuals (Average Rollup) Cube...... 7 Final Steps (After all cubes are built)...... 8

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Monthly Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Process

Introduction

There are six cubes for the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), Office of Income Maintenance (OIM): 1. Benefits cube 2. Benefits Average cube 3. Budgets cube 4. Budgets Average cube 5. Individuals cube 6. Individuals Average cube

These cubes are refreshed monthly.

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to detail the monthly process used to refresh the six OIM cubes.

Document Change Log

Change Version CR # Change Description Author and Date Organization 02/15/01 1.0 N/A Initial creation Sarah Kocsis DPW Data Warehouse Project 08/19/02 1.1 00AJ Edited for style Beverly Shultz Diverse Technologies Corporation / Deloitte Consulting

The Monthly OLAP Process

Monthly Refresh Process for the Benefits Cube 7. Confirm that the E drive of the production server (ISHBGIIS01) is mapped to “P” on your PC. 8. Open the Transformer application. 9. On the File menu, click Open and navigate to the following model file: P:\OIM\UI\Model\Benefits.mdl 10. Highlight the Time dimension in the Dimension Line. 11. On the Edit menu, select Properties, and select the Time tab (4th tab from left). 12. Add 1 month to the Earliest Date and Latest Date boxes, and click OK. 13. On the Run menu, select Create PowerCubes. The Cube will commence building. 14. On the File menu, select Save to save the Transformer model. This can be done before or after the cube build. 15. This cube will build to the following directory on the Production Server: P:\OIM\UI\Cube\Build

Monthly Refresh Process for the Benefits (Average Rollup) Cube 1. Confirm that the E drive of the production server (ISHBGIIS01) is mapped to “P” on your PC. 2. Open the Transformer application. 3. On the File menu, click Open and navigate to the following model file: P:\OIM\UI\Model\ Benefits Average.mdl 4. Highlight the Time dimension in the Dimension Line. 5. On the Edit menu, select Properties, and select the Time tab (4th tab from left). 6. Add 1 month to the Earliest Date and Latest Date boxes, and click OK. 7. On the Run menu, select Create PowerCubes. The Cube will commence building. 8. On the File menu, select Save to save the Transformer model. This can be done before or after the cube build. 9. This cube will build to the following directory on the Production Server:

P:\OIM\UI\Cube\Build

Monthly Refresh Process for the Budgets Cube 1. Confirm that the E drive of the production server (ISHBGIIS01) is mapped to “P” on your PC. 2. Open the Transformer application. 3. On the File menu, click Open and navigate to the following model file: P:\OIM\UI\Model\ Budgets.mdl 4. Highlight the Time dimension in the Dimension Line. 5. On the Edit menu, select Properties, and select the Time tab (4th tab from left). 6. Add 1 month to the Earliest Date and Latest Date boxes, and click OK. 7. On the Run menu, select Create PowerCubes. The Cube will commence building. 8. On the File menu, select Save to save the Transformer model. This can be done before or after the cube build. 9. This cube will build to the following directory on the Production Server: P:\OIM\UI\Cube\Build

Monthly Refresh Process for the Budgets (Average Rollup) Cube 1. Confirm that the E drive of the production server (ISHBGIIS01) is mapped to “P” on your PC. 2. Open the Transformer application. 3. On the File menu, click Open and navigate to the following model file: P:\OIM\UI\Model\ Budgets Average.mdl 4. Highlight the Time dimension in the Dimension Line. 5. On the Edit menu, select Properties, and select the Time tab (4th tab from left). 6. Add 1 month to the Earliest Date and Latest Date boxes, and click OK. 7. On the Run menu, select Create PowerCubes. The Cube will commence building. 8. On the File menu, select Save to save the Transformer model. This can be done before or after the cube build. 9. This cube will build to the following directory on the Production Server: P:\OIM\UI\Cube\Build

Monthly Refresh Process for the Individuals Cube 1. Confirm that the E drive of the production server (ISHBGIIS01) is mapped to “P” on your PC. 2. Open the Transformer application. 3. On the File menu, click Open and navigate to the following model file: P:\OIM\UI\Model\Individuals.mdl 4. Highlight the Time dimension in the Dimension Line. 5. On the Edit menu, select Properties, and select the Time tab (4th tab from left). 6. Add 1 month to the Earliest Date and Latest Date boxes, and click OK. 7. On the Run menu, select Create PowerCubes. The Cube will commence building. 8. On the File menu, select Save to save the Transformer model. This can be done before or after the cube build. 9. This cube will build to the following directory on the Production Server: P:\OIM\UI\Cube\Build

Monthly Refresh Process for the Individuals (Average Rollup) Cube 1. Confirm that the E drive of the production server (ISHBGIIS01) is mapped to “P” on your PC. 2. Open the Transformer application. 3. On the File menu, click Open and navigate to the following model file: P:\OIM\UI\Model\Individuals Average.mdl. 4. Highlight the Time dimension in the Dimension Line. 5. On the Edit menu, select Properties, and select the Time tab (4th tab from left). 6. Add 1 month to the Earliest Date and Latest Date boxes, and click OK. 7. On the Run menu, select Create PowerCubes. The Cube will commence building. 8. On the File menu, select Save to save the Transformer model. This can be done before or after the cube build. 9. This cube will build to the following directory on the Production Server: P:\OIM\UI\Cube\Build

Final Steps (After all cubes are built) 1. Copy all of the Cube files (.mdc’s) to the following directory: P:\OIM\UI\Cube\Production. This will automatically update the cubes within PowerPlay Enterprise Server. 2. Open the Impromptu Web Reports – Report Administration utility. 3. Expand the OIM folder and then expand the Cubes folder. 4. Highlight the Benefits Cube. 5. In the right hand frame, under the General tab, select the Save updated date as current date check box (see the picture on this page). 6. Click Save in the toolbar, or, on the Actions menu, select Save.

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