Export in column format

Dear Gurus,
What if i check the option export in column format while export the database?
Thanks,
Sekhar

Hi,
Adding to the John comments,
If you export the database in the column format the size of the export file will be much more than the data in the cubes.
I had an experience where I used to export the data in column format which results in a file which was
twice the size of the file without the column format.
If you have a lot of data in essbase cubes, I advice you to export data in non columnar format in order to save the disk space.
Thanks,
Sourabh

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