You define Essbase partitions in the context of the data target. You must be logged in on the target cube. Select your source, which can be another cube, or a federated source.

Single-Instance Partitioning – All source cubes and the target cube are in the same Essbase instance. You select a source cube from the list of available cubes in the instance. There is no need to specify any host connection information, as everything within the same instance is inferred.

Cross-Instance Partitioning – At least some source cubes are from a different Essbase instance than the target cube. To access these sources from the target, you must first create a connection, and select it while creating the partitions.

See also:

• Link Cubes Using Partitions and XREF/XWRITE

• Use Connections and Datasources