What is are Advanced settings and where to find them?
Advanced settings is a section in flex.bi applications that allow you to define custom data input for flex.bi data cubes, create new data cubes and adjust them.
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What can be a custom field?
Field in Source system that is not imported in flex.bi by default, For example : Custom Field that is customer specific
Transaction Register Field in Source system that is not imported in flex.bi by default, For example : Custom Module that is customer specific and is based on customer register
Any addition data structure that exists in Source system that needs be used in flex.bi as dimension/ Measures or property etc. in reports
With Advanced settings for Custom Fields functionality you can :
Add New Dimensions
Add new Properties
Add new Measures
Add new Hierarchies
Share measures between cubes
Define Drill Options
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How to use this function?
STEP 1
Define what you want to add in “Advanced settings” section.
For Example: of custom dimension definition
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[ORVc.LangCode] name = "Language code" cube_name = "HansaWorld Sales Orders" data_type = "string" dimension_name = "Sales Order" level_name = "Sales Order" dimension = true |
STEP 2
Select in Cube Properties section — Custom Fields section what you want to import and how.
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Advanced setting key components
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