Enhanced and New Objects

The enhanced and new objects include the following:

Distributed Multidimensional Metadata (Hybrid OLAP) gives you the ability to partition your multidimensional databases (MDDBs) so that data can be split across multiple MDDBs that could reside on different servers. Data can also be accessed from relational databases, SAS tables, summary tables, flat files, and so on.
Application Screen Builder enables you to place two or more EIS applications on a frame and have them interact with one another. In addition to EIS applications, the Application Screen Builder lets you add any components available under SAS/AF software, as well as several SAS/EIS components. You can now print reports that contain a mixture of objects. In previous releases, only the current graph or multidimensional table could be printed.
Bubble Chart shows the complex relation of several analysis columns at the same time in a two-dimensional coordinate system. The bubbles can differ in color, size, and shape depending on the values that they represent.
Multidimensional Chart lets you dynamically create a three-dimensional bar, box, line, or area chart.
Multidimensional Pie Chart lets you dynamically create a three-dimensional pie chart representing multidimensional data.
Multidimensional Business Trends enables you to forecast by using multidimensional data. You can forecast on an aggregate level or on individual subsets of the data. The results of the forecast are shown within a graph with one plot line for each forecast produced
Text Viewer combines six previous SAS/EIS objects into one new powerful viewer with hotspot and traffic lighting capability. (It replaces Catalog Entry Viewer with Hotspots, External File Viewer, External File Viewer with Hotspots, General Reporting, Output Entry, and Source Entry objects.)
Incremental MDDB Updates enables you to add data to an MDDB without having to reload the entire database.
Printing facility for multidimensional SAS/EIS output gives you the ability to add titles, footnotes, drill down information, and subset information to multidimensional SAS/EIS output. You can customize margins, fonts, and set global print characteristics by type of object or globally. A new preview capability is also included.
Access Control enables you to provide access control with named groups of users. This security subsystem includes the ability to apply restrictions to types of applications, functions within an application, what data can be viewed (including only certain subsets), user ID and password support (and a customizable login window), a logging facility, and more.
Updated Critical Success Factors (CSFs) now includes a speedometer and digital style CSF, in addition to the classic style. The new CSFs also give you better control of fonts, positioning, and border types.

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