Views created in the Blackbaud Data Warehouse database simplify the connection between the BBDW OLAP cube and the BBDW database. Tables in the BBDW OLAP cube that point to the views in the BBDW database are called Data Source View Tables. By convention, Data Source View Tables are named v_<View name>.
Data Source View Tables simplify OLAP cube extensibility. For information about Data Source View Tables and OLAP cube extensibility, see DSV Tables.