How to build an Essbase cube

Hi Everyone
I am new to Essbase , i looking for step by step process of creating essbase cubes . Please suggest me what tools do i need to use to build essbase cubes on relational database(Oracle 10g) . How hard is it for fresh guy to build according to a business requirement. Do i need to learn any scripting language to build a cube which involves in lot of calculation. I have googled a lot to get information on this, but i didn't get full information .Please provide me a link or doc or video through which i will get complete understanding of building essbase cube.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Sandeep Artham

To start with Oracle by Example is one the best source:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/hyp_ana/ess11.1.1.htm
It contains proper audio/video lessons as well.
Hyperion Essbase provides powerful analytical processing to fulfill a broad spectrum of business performance management needs across all levels and functional areas of business. Information is stored in multiple dimensions and hierarchies that provide a concise and intuitive application model, because they define multiple views of information in the same way users organize, navigate and select information for analysis. It means business understanding plays a vital role in heading towards Essbase.
Essbase has our very own Calc scripts, No doubt it becomes easy for you to learn it if you have prior programming experience. Not so hard but its fun. Its really exciting how you extract information from the data, which the help of such a stong tool.
Best of Luck.

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