Requirements for a Cube Class

Details

To define a cube, create a class that meets the following requirements:

• It must extend %DeepSee.CubeDefinitionOpens in a new tab.

• It must contain an XData block named Cube

• For this XData block, XMLNamespace must be specified as follows:

  XMLNamespace = "http://www.intersystems.com/deepsee"
  

  

• The root element within the XData block must be <cube> and this element must follow the requirements described in the rest of this page.

• It is useful, but not required, for the class to specify the DependsOn compiler keyword so that this class is compiled only after the source class of the cube is compiled and can be used.

• The class can define the DOMAIN parameter, which specifies the domain to which any localized strings belong. For example:

  Parameter DOMAIN = "PATIENTSAMPLE";

  

  For details, see Performing Localization.

Studio provides assistance as you type. For example:

Example

Class BI.Model.PatientsCube Extends %DeepSee.CubeDefinition [DependsOn=BI.Study.Patient]
{

XData Cube [ XMLNamespace = "http://www.intersystems.com/deepsee" ]
{
<cube 
name="Patients"  
 owner="_SYSTEM"
 caption="Patients"
 sourceClass="BI.Study.Patient"
 other_cube_options...
>

<measure measure_definition/>
...

<dimension dimension_definition/>
...

</cube>
}