ICubeLoaderFromSource.IsMetabaseProvider

Syntax

IsMetabaseProvider: Boolean;

Description

The IsMetabaseProvider property determines whether source data is loaded to the repository.

Comments

Available values:

True. Data is loaded from source to repository.
False. Data is loaded from external data source.

Example

Executing the example requires that the repository contains a folder with the CUBE_FOLDER identifier and a data table with the TABLE_DATA identifier. This table must contain the following fields:

Indicator. String field containing indicator names.
City. String field containing city names.
Year. Field of data type containing years.
Value. Field of real type containing value of the indicator for corresponding city for some year.

The repository must also contain MDM repository with the RDS_LOAD identifier.

The example uses the Converter custom class. Class implementation is given in the example for IValueConverter.Convert.

Add links to the Cubes, Db, Dimensions, Dt, Metabase, Rds system assemblies.

Sub UserProc;
Var
    mb: IMetabase;
    cube, parent: IMetabaseObject;
    rdsDatabase: IRdsDatabase;
    loader: ICubeLoaderFromSource;
    DimBindings: ICubeLoaderDimensionBindings;
    FactBindings: ICubeLoaderFactBindings;
    Fact: ICubeLoaderFactBinding;
    Conv: Converter;
    provider: IDtProvider;
Begin
    // Get current repository
    mb := MetabaseClass.Active;
    // Get the folder, in which a cube is created
    parent := mb.ItemById("CUBE_FOLDER").Bind;
    // Get the MDM repository, in which dictionaries are created
    rdsDatabase := mb.ItemById("RDS_LOAD").Bind As IRdsDatabase;
    // Create an object for cube creation
    loader := New CubeLoaderFromSource.Create;
    loader.Type := CubeLoaderType.Cube;
    // Specify MDM repository that will be used
    loader.RdsDatabase := rdsDatabase.Open(Null);
    // Specify the folder, in which a cube is created
    loader.Parent := parent;
    // Specify that cube is created based on table
    loader.IsMetabaseProvider := True;
    // Get parameters of binding cube dimensions
    DimBindings := loader.DimensionBindings;
    // Add cube dimensions
    DimBindings.Add("CITY");
    DimBindings.Add("INDICATOR");
    // Add a calendar dimension
    DimBindings.AddCalendar("YEAR", DimCalendarLevel.Year);
    // Get collection of bindings for fact dimension
    FactBindings := loader.FactBindings;
    // Specify that facts in cube are local
    FactBindings.CreateExternalDimension := False;
    // Add a fact dimension
    Fact := FactBindings.Add("VALUE");
    // Create a value transformer
    Conv := New Converter.Create;
    // Specify that values of the VALUE field must be transformed
    Fact.Converter := Conv;
    // Create a data source
    provider := New DtMetabaseProvider.Create As IDtProvider;
    // Specify the table, from which data is loaded
    (provider As IDtMetabaseProvider).Dataset := mb.ItemById("TABLE_DATA").Bind As IDatasetModel;
    // Create a cube and load data
    cube := loader.Load(provider, Null);
    // Save cube
    cube.Save;
End Sub UserProc;

After executing the example a cube based on data of the TABLE_DATA table is created in the repository in the CUBE_FOLDER folder.