Adding a Consolidation connection

To add a Consolidation OLAP database connection:

  1. Open the Manage Data Sources page.
  2. Click New and select Consolidation.
  3. Specify a name for the data source. The name must be unique.
  4. Select the network protocol, https or http.
  5. Specify the name of the server computer on which the OLAP Server software is installed.
  6. Specify the Communication Manager port number for the server computer. The default is 8211 for https and 8210 for http.
  7. Specify the administrator user name.
  8. Specify the password for the administrator user.
  9. Select the BI OLAP database for the data source. If necessary, click Refresh to update the list of available databases.
  10. Click Test Connection. If this is not successful, review and correct the connection information.
  11. Click Save.