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Follow these steps to export the cube model within Design Studio:
1. Start Design Studio and open the warehouse project that is used to develop
the cube service.
2. Go to File -> Export to bring up the Export wizard. Select the Data
Warehouse folder, then OLAP Metadata. Click Next.
3. Input the details of a user who has access to the InfoSphere metadata
repository. In the next panel (Figure 4-31), specify the OLAP object to be
exported and give the export file a name. We use
INDIVIDUAL_CST_DYN_FACT. Click Finish.
Figure 4-31 Export the cube model to the InfoSphere Administration Console
We have now exported our cube model. The next stage is to import this model
into the InfoSphere Data Warehouse Administration Console and create a cube
service, as follows:
1. Open the Data Warehouse Administration Console from a web browser. Log
in as a valid user. Click Open to expand the navigation menu and select the
Cubing Services tab.
2. To run the cube service, you need a cube server. To create a cube server,
click Manage Cube Server to be on the right page. Next, click the create