In this chapter, we will learn the definition and purpose of both virtual and lookup cubes in Cognos TM1 with regards to the current IBM Cognos TM1 Developer (Test COG-310) certification exam.
The current certification exam assigns a weightage of 10 percent to this topic.
There are four types of cubes in Cognos TM1. They are as follows:
A standard cube in Cognos TM1 is referred to as a hard cube or a cube where data is actually loaded and resides.
In Chapter 2, Dimensions and Cubes we talked about the standard Cognos TM1 cube as well as dimension objects. You will remember following points:
Cubes are to TM1 what tables are...