Oracle Essbase 9 Implementation Guide- P87 ppt

[ 415 ]
Essbase applications, types
ASO 39
BSO 40, 41
Unicode applications 42
Essbase ASO.
See ASO
Essbase BSO. See BSO
Essbase calculation script commands
calc 163
push down 163
rollup 163
stomp-on 163
Essbase cascade options, dialog box
cascade information 272
destination options 272
format options 273, 274
Essbase cell 36
essbase.cfg le
about 352-355
conguration, categories 355
conguration, settings 356-359
essbase.cfg, memory settings
CALCLIMITFORMULARECURSION 361
DATACACHESIZE 361
DATAFILECACHESIZE 361
INDEXCACHESIZE 362
MULTIPLEBITMAPMEMCHECK 360
SSPROCROWLIMIT 360
TRIGMAXMEMSIZE 360
VLBREPORT 360

Essbase Command Script
calculation script, running 203
coding 204
DOS command line 205
EssCmd drag and drop 205
shell command in code 205
Essbase Command Script.
See also EssCmd
Essbase command scripts.
See EssCmd
Essbase cube 35
Essbase cube.
See also Essbase database
Essbase data
Ad hoc data 214
analyst, planning 216, 217
canned reporting 214, 215
data, exporting 215
forecast analyst 215, 216
target users 218
using 214
Essbase database
budget analysts 217
calculating 156
components 47
creating 51-53
data, loading 147
data load, types 123
data requirements, determining 32-35
data sources, types 123

data, types 123
nancial analysts 218
using 213
Essbase database, creating
caches tab 55
currency tab 57
dimensions tab 54
general tab 53
modications tab 58
statistics tab 54, 55
storage tab 56, 57
transactions tab 56
Essbase database, MaxL
commands, archiving 313
commands, setting 314
database, altering 313
database, creating 312, 313
database, displaying 315
database, dropping 315
database, renaming 314
database, reseting 314
MaxL commands, disabling 313
MaxL commands, enabling 313
working with 311, 312
Essbase database outline
database block size 342
hourglass outline 340-342
shape 340
Essbase database outline, building
about 75

members/dimensions, adding steps 76, 77
Essbase databases, types
currency database 47
normal (non-currency) database 47
Essbase data cell 36, 37
Essbase export and import (no load rule),
data load method 126-130
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Essbase-friendly data
about 120, 121
example 121-123
Essbase MaxL scripts 304
Essbase Member Selection screen 258-263
Essbase options
display tab 251
Essbase outline 64
Essbase outline dimension 66
Essbase outline, updating methods
generation reference 93
level reference 94
parent-child reference 94
Essbase Planning 384, 385
Essbase Query Designer.
See EQD
Essbase Report Script
about 220
building 230-234

creating, ways 221-223
executing 234
Report Script commands and functions 223
Essbase Report Script, executing
calc running, MaxL script used 238
report running, EAS used 235, 236
report running, Essbase command script
used 236, 237
Essbase shared members
rules 116
Essbase Shared Services 387
Essbase Smart Ofce 388
Essbase Smart Space.
See Essbase Smart
Ofce
Essbase System 9 Components.
See System
9 Components
Essbase users, types
database designer 60
developer type account 58
groups tab 59
supervisor account 58
ESSCAR database outline 75
Esscar Motor Company 31
EssCmd
about 292
coding 297
commands, categories 295
creating 293, 294

ESSCMD 106
EssCmd, categories
aliases 297
application and database administration
295
backing up 297
calculating 296
currency conversion information 296
database objects 296
data loading, clearing, and exporting 296
dimension building 296
error and log handling 296
integrity and performance 297
location aliases 296
outline/attribute information 296
outline synchronization 296
partitioning 296
reporting 296
security lters and locks 295
substitution variables 297
user/group security 295
EssCmd, coding
error checking 298, 299
Essbase server, connecting to 298
EssCmd logging 297
nished script 300, 301
functional commands, adding 299, 300
EssCmd, executing ways
processing, from command prompt 301-303
processing, in batch mode 303

Ess-Commands.
See EssCmd
EULA 20
excel les 124
Excel Lock and Send (no load rule), data
load method 131
EXCLUDE command 172
Exclude from Consolidation (~) operator 79
EXCLUSIVECALC, essbase.cfg le settings
357
execute calculation 317
export data, MaxL 316
F
elds, associating with Data Load Properties
Data Load Properties 142-145
global properties 142
FIX command 168-170
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ashback, Essbase add-in undo command
266
at le load rule 130
forecasting function
@MOVAVG() function 184
@MOVSUM() function 184
G
general dimension type, standard dimen-
sion 71

general tab, Essbase database 53
generation 68
generation 0 68
generation 1 68
generation 2 68
generation reference 93
global tab, Essbase options
display messages section 258
log le section, purge log le every session
258
log le section, route messages to log le
258
member select section, display save dialog
258
memory section, enable ashback function
257
mode section, navigate without data 258
mouse actions option, enable double-click-
ing 257
mouse actions option, enable secondary
button 257
mouse actions option, limit to connected
sheets 257
grant user 320
H
HAL 385
hierarchies, ASO 371
HVE 271
Hyperion Application Link.
See HAL

Hyperion Essbase Query Designer. See
EQD
Hyperion Essbase - System 9, release 9.3.1
installing 14-19
Hyperion Planning.
See Essbase Planning
Hyperion Provider 395
Hyperion Visual Explorer.
See HVE
I
import data, MaxL 315
INDEXCACHESIZE, essbase.cfg memory
settings 362
installing
Essbase add-in, for Microsoft Excel 25, 26
Essbase Administration Services 20-22
Essbase Analytic server 13-19
J
Join 99
K
Keep Only function 263
L
leaf, outline member descriptors 67
level 69
level reference 94
linked objects browser 270, 271
linked partition 48
Linked Reporting Objects.
See LRO
load rules le, types

at le load rule 130
relational database SQL load rule 130
Lock and Send method 40
lock function 267
logging and error handling, essbase.cfg le
settings
AGENTLOGMESSAGELEVEL 357
DATAERRORLIMIT 356
LRO 48
M
market dimension 75
math functions
@ROUND() function 182
@SUM() function 182
@VAR() function 182
@VARPER() function 182
MaxL
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about 304
MaxLapplication, altering 307
MaxLapplication, creating 306, 307
CONNECT AS <Database Username> eld
151
database calculation, working with 317
data, working with 315, 316
DATA eld 151
elds 151

Essbase application, working with 306
Essbase database, working with 311, 312
Essbase server, logging on to 305
IDENTIFIED BY <Database password>
eld 151
ON ERROR WRITE TO <PATH FOR
ERROR FILE> eld 151
RULES_FILE <RULE FILE NAME> eld
151
statement, executing 323
substitution variables 322, 323
system level, working at 321
user privileges, working with 318, 320
used for data loading 151
USING <LOCAL SERVER NAME> eld
151
MaxL script
calculation script, running 206, 207
executing, DOS command line 207
executing, shell command in code 207
executing, through the EAS tool 207
methods 207
MaxL script.
See also Essbase MaxL scripts
MaxL statement. See also MaxL
about 304
alter statement 307
alter system statement 321
alter user 319
create calculation 317

create user 319
displaY calculation 317
display system statement 321
display user 320
drop calculation 318
drop user 320
execute calculation 317
executing 323
export data 316
grant user 320
import data 315
list 305
objects 304
verbs 304
MaxL statement, executing
from command prompt 324, 325
from EAS 325
MDX query language
about 373
MDX functions, examples 375
MDX functions, for ASO 374
MDX query, executing 376, 377
MDX query, syntax 376
sets 378
tuples 378
MDX query language, syntax
Typical MDX query structure 376
Typical SQL query structure 376
Measures dimension 33
member alias

about 84, 85
alias table 86
member consolidations 78
member formulas 82-84
member properties
about 78, 158
member alias 84, 85
member consolidations 78
member formulas 82- 84
member storage 80, 81
valid consolidation operators 78, 80
members 64
member set function
@CHILDREN() function 183
@SIBLINGS() function 183
member storage
about 80
storage options 80
member storage, options
dynamic calc 80
dynamic calc and store 80
label only 81
never share 80
shared member 81
store data 80
memory management
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about 359, 360
essbase.cfg, memory settings 360-362
Microsoft Excel
calculation script, running 209, 211
Microsoft Excel add-in
add-in spreadsheet options, setting 250, 251
add-in xll le, locating 244, 245
calculation function 268
Cascade… command 272
currency conversion tool, using 272
Currency Report… function 272
data, retrieving from Essbase 249, 250
data, sending to database 267
Essbase add-in 274
Essbase add-in, reloading 244
Essbase cascade options, dialog box 272-
274
Essbase, connecting to 246
Essbase, connecting to from Microsoft Excel
247, 248
Essbase, disconnecting from 248
Essbase members, selecting for query 258-
263
Essbase Query Designer (EQD), launching
249
ashback, Essbase add-in undo command
266
graphical data representations, creating 271
Keep Only function, using 263
lock function 267

navigate without data function 269
Pivot function 265
Remove Only function, using 264
reporting with 243
retrieve function 266
retrieve & lock function 266
send function 267
unlock function 267
worksheet, disconnecting from database
249
zoom in function 264, 265
zoom out function 265
Microsoft Excel VBA
calcScript parameter 212
calculation script, running 211
parameters 212
SheetName parameter 212
synchronous parameter 212
miscellaneous function
about 186
@CALCMODE() function 186
@CONCATENATE()and@SUBSTRING()
function 187
mode tab, Essbase options
formula preservation section, keep only or
remove only 256
formula preservation section, retain on keep
and remove only 256
formula preservation section, retain on
retrieval 256

mode section, update mode 255
retrieval section, advanced interpretation
255
retrieval section, free form 255
modications tab, Essbase database 58
Multidimensional Access Language.
See
MaxL
MULTIPLEBITMAPMEMCHECK, essbase.
cfg memory settings 360
multiplication (*) operator 79
N
navigate without data function 269
NETDELAY, essbase.cfg le settings 356
NETRETRYCOUNT, essbase.cfg le set-
tings 356
network setup
developer client 29
end-user pc 29
Essbase server 28
raw data 28
Never Consolidate (^) operator 79
no dimension type, standard dimension 71
Non-Unicode applications 42, 43
normal (non-currency) database, Essbase
database 47
O
OLAP 31
OLAP analytical solutions
and traditional data analysis applications,

differences 31, 32
Online Analytical Processing.
See OLAP
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