1. Database Administrator's Guide for Oracle Essbase
  2. Create and Maintain Partitions
  3. Define a Partition Area

Define a Partition Area

You can define or edit the areas of the partition source to share with the target. An area is a subcube within an Essbase cube. A partition comprises one or more areas.

For example, an area could be all Measures at the lowest level for Actual data in the Eastern region.

When you define a replicated area, ensure that the source and target contain the same number of cells. The shape of the two partitions must match. For example, if the area in the source covers 18 cells, the target should contain an area covering 18 cells into which to put those values. The cell count does not include the cells of attribute dimensions.

Note:

Use member names instead of their aliases to create area definitions. Although Essbase validates the aliases, the partitions will not work.

You define partition areas when you create the partition. For instructions, see the topic that pertains to your partition type: