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Bind a Dashboard to an OLAP Cube

This tutorial describes how to bind a dashboard to an OLAP cube.

#Create a Data Model and Dashboard

  1. Define data models that obtain data from your data providers. For this tutorial, prepare a data model connected to an OLAP cube.

  2. Open an existing dashboard or create a new dashboard as described in the Create and Customize Dashboards topic.

#Bind the Dashboard to Data

Do the following to connect a dashboard to an OLAP data model:

  1. Click the main menu button and select Data Sources.

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  2. In the Used Data Sources section, click Add to create a new data source.

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  3. In the invoked Dashboard Data Source Wizard, select an OLAP data model and click Finish.

#View the Result

The Data Sources screen now contains the added data source and displays the available data fields.