Recreating the OLAP database

For the changes to take effect, you must recreate the OLAP database in Designer.

All changes in OLAP are synchronized into Designer because there are multiple processes in Infor EPM business applications that require synchronization. For example, the BPDLEVEL and BPDPARAMETER dimensions are enabled for synchronization. All changes completed in OLAP are synchronized into Designer. These system dimensions cannot be deleted in Designer. OLAP is not aware of this so if you delete the dimensions in OLAP the change is synchronized back to Designer and the application may fail.

The OLAP database is locked by Designer until all changes are complete and the database has been recreated. If users access the application while the database is locked, this message is displayed:

The BI tool Designer blocks creating new elements in OLAP 

You can only use the DEPM OLAP database for Designer-based projects.