About This Book

This book describes, for developers, how to use the more advanced and less common DeepSee modeling features: computed dimensions, unstructured data in cubes, compound cubes, cube relationships, term lists, quality measures, KPIs, plugins, and other advanced options. It includes the following sections:

• Defining Computed Dimensions

• Defining Shared Dimensions and Compound Cubes

• Defining Cube-Cube Relationships

• Using Unstructured Data in Cubes (iKnow)

• Defining Term Lists

• Defining Quality Measures

• Defining Basic KPIs

• Defining KPIs with Filters and Listings

• Defining Advanced KPIs

• Defining Plugins

• Using Cube Inheritance

• Defining Intermediate Expressions

• Other Options

• Reference Information for KPI and Plugin Classes

• Generating Secondary Cubes for Use with iKnow

For a detailed outline, see the table of contents.

The other developer books for DeepSee are as follows:

• Getting Started with DeepSee briefly introduces DeepSee and the tools that it provides.

• DeepSee Developer Tutorial guides developers through the process of creating a sample that consists of a cube, subject areas, pivot tables, and dashboards.

• Defining DeepSee Models describes how to define the basic elements used in DeepSee queries: cubes and subject areas. It also describes how to define listing groups.

• DeepSee Implementation Guide describes how to implement DeepSee, apart from creating the model.

• Using MDX with DeepSee introduces MDX and describes how to write MDX queries manually for use with DeepSee cubes.

• DeepSee MDX Reference provides reference information on MDX as supported by DeepSee.

• Tools for Creating DeepSee Web Clients provides information on the DeepSee JavaScript and REST APIs, which you can use to create web clients for your DeepSee applications.

The following books are for both developers and users:

• DeepSee End User Guide describes how to use the DeepSee User Portal and dashboards.

• Creating DeepSee Dashboards describes how to create and modify dashboards in DeepSee.

• Using the DeepSee Analyzer describes how to create and modify pivot tables, as well as use the Analyzer in general.

Also see the article Using PMML Models in Caché.

For general information, see the InterSystems Documentation Guide.