Configuring business groups

In a business group you create unified mappings between source tables and OLAP dimensions. When you create unified mappings, you standardize the access to data and structures that are equal for all business units.

Business groups are the basis for the import of business data. When you create OLAP cubes that you fill with data from the source database, select a business entity as the data source in the data connections for cubes later. Thus you can fill cubes with data from different business groups.

You create and configure business groups using a wizard. Properties that you do not configure with this wizard can be edited in the properties dialog of the business group. Mappings that you create with the wizard are displayed in the tree. The mappings may be added and edited later.

To create a business unit, enabled connections must exist.