Use Discoverer with Olap Cubes

Hi, is there any one that know how work Discovere with Olap Cubes?
Thanks

hi
if you mean the cubes (rolap/molap), which the bibeans are working on it is a yes/no
for molap cubes:you use the olap table to build a virutal star on top of the analytic workspace, which is then queryable by any relational cube, including discoverer
for rolap cubes:not (yet)
having said that:watch the announcements during oracleworld
regards,
thomas

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