Disadvantages with COPA Summarization

Hi Experts
Pls let me know disadvantages with COPA Summarization as we are planning to use this for Reporting
thanks
Sneha

Hi Sneha,
     I guess you are aware that summarization levels dramatically improve the performance in reporting. The only disadvantage is that you have to maintain them i.e. at the end of the working day you have to update them on daily basis so that they reflect the current data. Also if you add or delete characteristics / value fields then you have to rebuild them.
   Also they occupy space in the database.
  However the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages
regards
Waman

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