Essbase Studio is your new cube factory for building Essbase applications. As it cements its role as the replacement for Essbase integration Services (EIS), you'll have a new tool to take your data warehouse, relational, and textual data and combine it into a glorious multi-dimensional cube optimized for analysis. In this book, you'll join a duo of intrepid explorers as they discover the wonders of the Essbase Studio back lot. Learn with them through exercises and examples how easy it is to construct a Studio model from start to finish. The Studio tram will take you along the scenic route which is Essbase Studio as you meet a cast of odd characters. You will learn how to create Essbase models, ways to speed up your Essbase development, how to load data and build hierarchies, navigation secrets behind schemas and models, how to easily make drill through reports, and administration tips for Essbase Studio. This book is based on version 11.1.2.