Best Practices for SAP BI using DB2 9 for z/OS - IBM Redbooks

aggregation level
Selection of characteristics and navigation attributes of an InfoCube, from which
aggregates are constructed.
You have the following aggregation options:
► All characteristic values (“*”): Data is grouped by all values of the
characteristic or the navigation attribute.
► Hierarchy level (“H”): Data is grouped by hierarchy level nodes.
► Fixed value (“F”): Data is filtered according to a single value.
alert monitor
A monitoring tool for displaying exceptions whose threshold values have been
exceeded or have not been reached. The critical exceptions are found in
background processing with the help of the reporting agent. They are then
displayed in the alert monitor as a follow-up action. Exceptions are displayed in
the BEx Analyzer as well as in the reporting agent scheduler of the Administrator
Workbench. Exceptions can also be displayed as an alert monitor in a Web
application.
Significance in BEx Web applications:
Web item that displays the query views, which were found in background
processing (with the help of the reporting agent) as a list or hierarchy in a Web
application. You can jump between query views and see at a glance conspicuous
key figure values that deviate from the defined threshold values. You can also
set filters.
analysis process
Calculation of data transformations on mass data within an analytical application.
An analysis process enables you to:
► Read And Combine Data In BI From Different Data Sources
► Switch Transformations Sequentially
► Preview Calculated Data At A Specific Process Position
► Save The calculation results.
analysis process designer
Tool used to model an analysis process.
The analysis process designer provides a graphical interface to model analysis
processes. Analysis process is built using nodes and data flow arrows.
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