Aggregates for Cubes in Production

Hi,
My client has a few cubes in the production system that they would like to improve performance in. I was planing to build aggregates for them. Is it okay to build aggregates for Cubes already in the Production System, do i have to do anything before i transport the aggregates in the Production system (such as delete all data from Production)?
Thanks

Hi Dave,
Dependant on your Prod rights, you should be able to do it directly on the PROD box.
In most cases you would start of with looking at aggregate proposals from the system. With DEV data this would most likely never apply to PROD as well, as the one is test and the other live data.
Most clients always apply directly in PROD. You don`t need to reload or delete data. Just fill the created aggregates manually before the batch runs at night for safety sake...
And don`t collapse as yet! You could always delete the aggregates...but having the collapse set on as well, compressed data can not be altered or reverted on if required after wards.
Martin

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