Managing Linked Cubes
After a linked cube has been created and processed, it is managed the same way as a normal cube. The only exception to this rule as that linked cubes cannot be write-enabled. A linked cube contains all of the information of the parent cube. All of the cube's meta data, such as actions and commands, is available to the subscribed linked cube. However, you must ensure that all user-defined functions used by the publishing cube are distributed to subscribing cubes.
Note Because user-defined functions are difficult to maintain across an enterprise-wide application, published cubes should not use user-defined functions.
Linked cubes and their source cubes are synchronized whenever the linked cube is processed. Linked cubes are automatically synchronized whenever their source cube is changed. This update happens the first time the linked cube connects to a source cube that has changed since the last time the link cube connected. In some cases, the change may not be detected immediately. In this situation, you can explicitly process the linked cube to update it.
For more information, see Working with Linked Cubes.