ESSBASE

What is Essbase?
 It is a multidimensional database that enables Business Users to
analyze Business data in multiple views/prospective and at different
consolidation levels. It stores the data in a multi dimensional array.

Minute->Day->Week->Month->Qtr->Year
Product Line->Product Family->Product Cat->Product sub Cat
Essbase->Reporting SOL(Hyperion/3rd Party)
Essbase Characteristic
It has the following characteristics.
• Works with multidimensional data and rollup hierarchies in
dimensions.
• Gets its information from other systems.
• Deal with some level of summarised data not transaction
• Can be adapted to many different reporting and analysis
environment.
• Here we are having 200 Calc functions for complex
calculations.
•Without using ETL also we can do the data load using Rules
file (DIM, Essbase Integration Services).
 Essbase Components
• Essbase OLAP Server
• A MDDB for storing data for unlimited number of dimensions ie.
Time, Accounts, Product etc. It manages analytical data models, data
storage, calculation and data security.
• [Extended spreadsheet Database] Spreadsheet Add-in (Client)
• This enables analysis of the data stored in the Essbase server.
• Essbase Application Tools
• It is used for extending Essbase applications. It includes currency
conversion, SQL Interface, Spreadsheet Toolkit and APIs.
• Essbase Partitioning
• This makes it easy to design and administer databases that spans
Essbase
• application or servers. You can cope a slice of large database to
work with
• locally or you can link from your database to other databases.
 Essbase Architecture

 1.Client tier

 2.Middle Tier (App tier)

 3.Database tier
Architecture
Essbase Terminology
 Application:- It is the combination of databases and the related files which to
cater a specific requirement.
 Database:-It is a MDDB which stores the data in terms of cubes.
 Outline/Cube:- It is the structure of the database ,where we can add the unlimited
number of dimensions, members ,Consolidation operators, formulas, aliases, storage
properties etc…….
 Dimension:-It is the view/prospective of the business data where the business users
can analyze the business data. The dimension represents the highest consolidation
level in the database outline.
 Member:-Members are the individual components of a dimension.
 i) Outline: Actual Cube.
 ii) DLR: Data Load Rules. Loads Data as well as outline
 definition.
 iii) Calc Scripts: User defined calculations.
 iv) Reporting: Reporting tools/formats for end users.
 Terminology (contd.):
5. Member.
Subset of the dimension / values of the
dimension. Root
6. Cell Reference. Parent

Contains one and only one member from Children

each and every dimension in the outline.

7. Roots and Leaf:: Leaf

The root is the top member in a branch
Leaf members have no children. They
are also referred to as level 0 members
Siblings

8. Parent, Children, Siblings.

● A parent is a member that has a branch below .
● A child is a member that has a parent above it.
● Siblings are child members of the same immediate parent
8. Generation.
Generation starts from G(1) at
Dimension. Each children of a G(i) member
will be G(i+1). Any member can have only
one Generation.

9. Level.
Level starts from L(0) at a
member without any children. The parent of
a L(i) member will be L(i+1). Any member
can have more than one Levels.

10. Ancestors, Descendents,

Descendants are members in branches below a parent.
e.g Profit, Inventory, and Ratios are descendants of Measures. The children of
Profit, Inventory, and Ratios are also descendants of Measures.
Ancestors are members in branches above a member.
e.g Margin, Profit, and Measures are ancestors of Sales
Outline
 Introduction To outline
 An Outline is the tree structure for a dimension hierarchies.
 Database outlines define the structure of a multidimensional
database, including all the dimensions, members, aliases,
properties, types, consolidations, and mathematical relationships.
 The structure defined in the outline determines how data is stored
in the database.
 When a database is created, Analytic Services creates an outline
for that database automatically.
 The outline has the same name as the database (dbname.otl). For
example, when the Basic database is created within the Sample
application, an outline is created in the following directory:
 ARBORPATH/app/sample/basic/basic.otl
Dimension N Member

In above figure we are having 5 members for Year(i.e

Dimension).
Those are 1.Jan 2.Feb 3.Mar 4.Qtr1 5.Year
 Parent :- A parent is a member that has a branch below it. For example,
Margin is a parent member for Sales and Cost of Goods Sold.
 Child:- A child is a member that has a parent above it. For example , Sales
and Cost of Goods Sold are children of the parent Margin.
 Siblings:-Siblings are child members of the same immediate parent, at the
same generation. For example, Sales and Cost of Goods Sold are siblings
(they both have the parent Margin).
 But Marketing (at the same branch level) is not a sibling because its parent
is Total Expenses.
 Descendants:-Descendants are members in branches
below a parent. For example, Profit, Inventory, and
Ratios are descendants of Measures. The children of
Profit, Inventory, and Ratios are also descendants of
Measures.

 Ancestors:-Ancestorsare members in branches above a

member. For example, Margin, Profit, and Measures are
ancestors of Sales.

 Root:-The root is the top member in a branch. Measures

is the root for Profit, Inventory, Ratios, and the children
of Profit, Inventory, and Ratios.
 Leaf Node:- Leaf members have no
children. They are also referred to as
level 0 members. For example, Opening
Inventory, Additions, and Ending
Inventory are leaf members.
 Generation:-Generation refers to a consolidation level
within a dimension. A root branch of the tree is
generation 1. Generation numbers increase as you
count from the root toward the leaf member.
 Level:-Level also refers to a branch within a dimension; levels reverse the numerical
ordering used for generations. Levels count up from the leaf member toward the
root. The root level number varies depending on the depth of the branch.
 Member Properties

Member Properties
You can specify a broad variety of settings for each member that define the
member’s storage characteristics and other rollup and reporting behaviors.

You can define the following important properties for members:

* Aliases
* Consolidation operators
* Data storage
* User-defined attributes (UDAs)
* Attribute dimensions
Dense and Sparse
 Data Blocks Created for Sparse Members
An Ideal Configuration with
Combination of Dense and
Sparse Dimensions
 Block Size = 20

D, 5
Block Count = 12

D, 4
240

S, 2

S, 6

240
Block for P1->N1 Block for P1->N2

We have 12 such blocks of size 20 each.

Subsequent blocks will be for:
(P1, N1) (P1, N2) (P1, S1) (P1, S2) (P1, N) (P1, S)
(P2, N1) (P2, N2) (P2, S1) (P2, S2) (P2, N) (P2, S)
Assigning Dimension Types
 Time
Dimension:
• There can only be at most 1 Time
Dimension in a Cube.
• Features are “Dynamic Time Series”
like:
Q-T-D, Y-T-D etc.
• For present month FEB, Q-T-D will
give us JAN+FEB.
• The Names Q-T-D (Quarter To Date)
etc has no significance. Whatever
functionality, we attach to it, it will
function accordingly.
 Expense Reporting
Actual Budget VAR
Sales 100 90 10
Payroll 100 90 10

Actual Budget VAR

Sales 100 90 10
Payroll 100 90 -10

Expense Reporting -$
 Time Balance

Jan Feb Mar QTR1

Sales 10 10 10 30
Inventory 35 10 10 35 TB First

Jan Feb Mar QTR1

Sales 10 10 10 30
Inventory 10 10 15 15 TB Last

TB Last / TB
First / TB Avg /
TB None
 Skippin
g
Jan Feb Mar QTR1
Sales 10 10 10 30
Inventory 10 10 #Missing #Missing

Jan Feb Mar QTR1

Sales 10 10 10 30
Inventory 10 10 #Missing 10

Skip Missing or 0 /
Skip Missing / Skip 0 /
Skip None
Expense Reporting Time Balance Skipping
 Currency Conversion Properties
• Currency conversion properties define categories of
currency exchange rates
• These properties are used only in currency databases on
members of accounts dimensions
 DTS
Calculation:

QTD = G3

•Calculate From present month.

•Calculate in upwards direction.
•Add only L0.
•Calculate till you reach G3.
 When siblings have different operators, Analytic
Services calculates the data in top-down order.
 Parent1
 Member1 (+) 10
 Member2 (+) 20
 Member3 (-) 25
 Member4 (*) 40
 Member5 (%) 50
 Member6 (/) 60
 Member7 (~) 70
• (((Member1 + Member2) + (-1)Member3) * Member4) = X
• (((10 + 20) + (-25)) * 40) = 200
• If the result of this calculation is X, Member5 consolidates as
follows:
• (X/Member5) * 100 = Y
• (200/50) * 100 = 400
• If the result of the Member1 through Member4 calculation is Y,
Member6 consolidates as follows:
• Y/Member6 = Z
• 400/60 = 66.67
• Because Member7 is set to No Consolidation(~), Analytic Services
ignores Member7 in the consolidation.
Types of Dimensions
 Analytic Services has two types of dimensions.
 1.standard dimensions
 2. attribute dimensions.
 Most data sets of multidimensional databases have two
characteristics:
 ● Data is not smoothly and uniformly distributed.
 ● Data does not exist for the majority of member combinations.
For example, all products may not be sold in all areas of the
country.

 AnalyticServices maximizes performance by dividing the

standard dimensions of an application into two types: dense
dimensions and sparse dimensions.
 Sparse:- A sparse dimension is a dimension
with a low percentage of available data
positions filled.
 Ex:-Product , Market etc….
 Dense:- A dense dimension is a dimension with a
high probability that one or more cells is
occupied in every combination of
 dimensions.
 Ex:-Time ,Accounts etc…..
Storage Mechanism
 Essbase stores the data in terms of blocks and cells.

 Block:-Analytic Services creates data blocks for combinations of

members in the sparse standard dimensions (providing at least
one data value exists for the member combination).
 Cell:-It is a part in block. It is the combination of all dense
dimension stored member combination ,where the value
exactly resides.
 Each cell occupies 8 bytes.
 Each block creates an index(i.e sparse combination).
 Index holds the address of the block.
 Potential
No. of data blocks:-That is max no. of data
blocks we can have multiplication of no. of
members from each sparse dimension).

 No.of cells:-Multiplication of no. of stored members

of each dense dimension.
 Block size:-no.of cells*8 bytes
 Cube size:-No.of blocks*block size
 Block Density:-(no.of data existed cells/Total no.of
cells)*100%.
Determining the Number
of Data Blocks in a Database
Entity Scenario (Sparse) Year (Sparse) Version (Sparse)
(Sparse)
Scenario Year Version
Entity Budget 2007 1st Draft
Corp Final

Account (Dense) Period (Dense)

Account Period
Account1 Jan to Dec
Account2
Account3

Each block contains 36 cells

= (3 Accounts * 12 Time Periods)
 Attributes
•Attribute:-Attribute dimensions are a special type of dimension
and are associated with standard sparse dimensions. Essbase does
not store the data for attribute dimensions, Essbase dynamically
calculates the data when a user retrieves it.

•These should be placed below the std dimensions.

Extension of Index file is .ind
It is just like ess0000n.ind
This n is 1,2,3…….etc

Page File:-It holds the compressed blocks.

Extension of Page file is .pag

It is just like ess0000n.pag
This n is 1,2,3…….etc
Member Storage Properties

 You can specify data storage properties for members;data

storage properties define where and when
consolidations are stored.
 In Essbase we are having 6 Storage properties.
 1. Store
 2. Dynamic Calc
 3. Dynamic Calc and Store
 4. Shared member
 5. Never share
 6. Label only
 Store:-Store the data value with the member.This is the Default
setting.
 Dynamic Calc:- Not calculate the data value until a user
requests it, and then discard the data value.
 Dynamic Calc and Store:- Not calculate the data value until a
user requests it, and then store the data value.
 Shared member:- The data associated with the member comes
from another member with the same name.
 Never share:- The data associated with the member is duplicated
with the parent and its child if an implied shared relationship
exists.
 Label only:- Although a label only member
has no data associated with it, it can still
display a value.
 The label only tag groups members and eases
navigation and reporting. Typically, label
only members are not calculated.
Dimension Types
A dimension type is a property that Analytic
Services provides that adds special functionality
to a dimension.
 Those are:-
 1.Time
 2.Accounts
 3.Currency
 4.Country
 5.Attribute
 6.None
 Alias

Consolidation

Label Only

Attribute
 Time:-Defines the time periods for which you report and update data. You can tag
only one dimension as time. The time dimension enables DTS(Dynamic Time
Series),several accounts dimension functions, such as first and last time balances.
 Accounts:- Contains items that you want to measure, such as profit and inventory,
and makes Analytic Services built-in accounting functionality available. Only one
dimension can be defined as accounts.
 Here u will get TB properties ,variance reporting ,Two pass calculation .
 None:-Specifies no particular dimension type.
Time Balance Properties
 By default, a parent in the time dimension is calculated based on
the consolidation and formulas of its children.
 Some times it should not be like this. So,we are telling the
Essbase to calculate the parent member of Time tagged Dimension
in a different manner using TB Properties.
 So, we are tagging the TB Properties to the Account tagged
dimension.
 TB Properties are:-
 1.None
 2.TB First
 3.TB Average
 4.TB Last
 TB None:-No special property is assigned.
 TB First:-
 Set the TB First when you want the parent value to represent the value
of the first member in the branch.
 TB Last:-
 Set the TB Last when you want the parent value to represent the value
of the last member in the branch.
 TB Average:-
 Set the time balance as average when you want the parent value to
represent the average value of its children.
 Time Balance

Jan Feb Mar QTR1

Sales 10 10 10 30
Inventory 35 10 10 35 TB First

Jan Feb Mar QTR1

Sales 10 10 10 30
Inventory 10 10 15 15 TB Last

TB Last / TB
First / TB Avg /
TB None
Skip Properties

 Ifyou set the time balance as first, last, or average, set the
skip property to tell Analytic Services what to do when it
encounters missing values or values of 0.
 Skip None:-Does not skip data when calculating the parent
value.
 Skip Missing:-Skips #MISSING data when calculating the
parent value.
 Skip Zeros:-Skips data that equals zero when calculating
the parent value.
 Skip Missing and Zeros:-Skips both #MISSING data and
data that equals zero when calculating the parent value.
 Skippin
g
Jan Feb Mar QTR1
Sales 10 10 10 30
Inventory 10 10 #Missing #Missing(
TB Last)

Jan Feb Mar QTR1

Sales 10 10 10 30
Inventory 10 10 #Missing 10(TB
First)

Skip Missing or 0 /
Skip Missing / Skip 0 /
Skip None
Variance Reporting
 Variance reporting properties determine how Analytic Services
calculates the difference between actual and budget data in a member
with the @VAR or @VARPER function in its member formula.
 For Non-Expense members:-
 Variance=Actual-Budget;
 For Expense members:-
 Variance=Budget-Actual;
 Essbase does n’t know which member is expense/Non-expense.
 So,we are having the Expense and Non-expense properties. And
we need to tag those properties.
 Non-Expense Reporting
Actual Budget VAR
Sales 100 90 10
Payroll 100 90 10

Actual Budget VAR

Sales 100 90 10
Payroll 100 90 -10

Expense Reporting -$
Two-Pass calculation

 Two-pass,this default label indicates that some member

formulas need to be calculated twice to produce the
desired value.

 Thetwo-pass property works only on members of the

dimension tagged as accounts and on members tagged as
Dynamic Calc and Dynamic Calc and Store.
2 Pass Calculation:
Jan Feb Mar Qtr1
Sales 1000 1000 1000 3000
Profit 100 100 100 300
Profit 10 10 10 30
%
Mark Profit% as 2Pass. After the full calculation is over, it
comes back and again makes it 10.

Jan Feb Mar Qtr1

Sales 1000 1000 1000 3000
Profit 100 100 100 300
Profit% 10 10 10 10
 Currency:-Separates local currency members from the base
currency defined in the application. This dimension type is
used only in the main database and is only for currency
conversion applications. The base currency for analysis may
be US dollars, and the local currency members may contain
values that are based on the currency type of their region.

 Country:-Contains data about where business activities take

place. In a country dimension, you can specify the type of
currency used in each member.
Attributes

 Attribute:-Contains members that can be used to classify members of another, associated

dimension.
 These define the characteristics of the std dimensions.
 These are for the additional analysis.
 By default Dynamic Calc(No Storage).
 Steps to create Attributes:-
 1.Create the Attribute dimension.
 2.Associate the dimension to a specific Sparse dimension.
 3.Add the attribute Members to individual members of std Sparse dimension.
Rules to create Attribues

 1.One attribute dimension can be associated to only one std

Sparse Dimension.
 2.One Std Sparse Dimension can have multiple attribute
dimensions.
 3.Only level 0 members of attribute dimension can be
associated to the members of std sparse members.
 4. Std Sparse Dimension member can have multiple
attribute members from different attribute dimensions.
 5.We can associate attribute members to the same level
members.
DTS(Dynamic Time Series)
 In order to calculate period-to-date values dynamically,
you need to use a Dynamic Time Series member for a
period on the dimension tagged as time.
 Analytic Services provides eight predefined Dynamic
Time Series members:
 ● H-T-D (History-to-date)
 ● Y-T-D (Year-to-date)
 ● S-T-D (Season-to-date)
 ● P-T-D (Period-to-date)
 ● Q-T-D (Quarter-to-date)
 ● M-T-D (Month-to-date)
 ● W-T-D (Week-to-date)
 ● D-T-D (Day-to-date)
 Theseeight members provide up to eight levels of
period-to-date reporting. How many members you
use and which members you use depends on the
data and the database outline.

 Forexample, if the database contains hourly, daily,

weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly data, you
can report day-to date (D-T-D), week-to-date(W-T-
D), month-to-date(M-T-D), quarter to-date (Q-T-D),
and year-to-date (Y-T-D) information.
DTS(Dynamic Time Series)

 For present month FEB,
 Q-T-D(FEB) will give us JAN+FEB.
 The Names Q-T-D (Quarter To
Date) etc has no significance.
Whatever functionality, we attach to
it, it will function accordingly.
 We can use only level 0 members
with the DTS members.
User Defined Attributes (UDA)

 ●Works similar to the Attribute dimensions.

 ●Can be used across the dimensions and across the levels.
 ●Can be used on dense or sparse.
 ●Used to group members, these will be helpful in calc
scripts.
 ● You cannot create a UDA on shared members.
 ● You cannot create a UDA on members of attribute
dimensions.
Aliases
 Aliases are names that can be used in place of the main
member name. Aliases are commonly used for storing
descriptions and for providing alternative naming
conventions.

 The Member name and Alias name should be unique

throughout the Outline.

 There can be multiple Alias to a member. To implement

this, we need to have multiple Alias Tables.
LRO(Linked Reporting Object)

An LRO is an artifact associated with a specific data

cell in an Analytic Services database.

LROs provide additional information on a cell.

Users create linked objects through Spreadsheet Add-in

by selecting a data cell and choosing a menu item.

There is no limit to the number of objects you can

link to a cell.
Types Of LRO’S
1.Cell note:- A text annotation

2.File:-
An external file, such as a Microsoft Word
document, an Excel spreadsheet, a scanned image, an
audio clip, or an HTML file (for example,
mypage.htm).

3.URL:- An acronym for Uniform Resource Locator.

A string that identifies the location of a resource
on the
World Wide Web, such as a document, image,
downloadable file, service, electronic mailbox, or
other resource.
Life Cycle Of Essbase

1.Creating the Database

2.Dimensional Building
3.Data Loading
4.Performing the Calculations
5.Generating the Reports
Dimensional Building
Two Methods to build Dimensions
1.Manually
2.Dynamically(Using Rules file)
 a. Generation Reference Method
 b. Level Reference Method
 c. Parent-Child Method
 d. Add as child of the specified parent
 e. Add as sibling at the lowest level
 f. Add as sibling to a member with a
matching string
 Generation Reference:-For Top-down data.
 Each record specifies the parent’s name, the child’s name,
the children of that child , and so forth.
 Level Reference Method:-For Bottom-up data.
 Each record specifies the name of the member , the name of
its parent, the name of its parent’s parent, and so forth.
 Parent-Child Method:- Parent followed by its child.
 Each record specifies the name of the parent and the
name of the new child member, in that order, although
they can specify other information as well.
Loading Outlines
Half Quarter Month
H1 Qtr1 Jan
H1 Qtr1 Feb
H1 Qtr1 Mar
H1 Qtr2 Apr
H1 Qtr2 May
H1 Qtr2 Jun
H2 Qtr3 Jul
H2 Qtr3 Aug
H2 Qtr3 Sep
H2 Qtr4 Oct
H2 Qtr4 Nov
H2 Qtr4 Dec
Time.txt
H1,Qtr1,Jan
H1,Qtr1,Feb
H1,Qtr1,Mar
H1,Qtr2,Apr
H1,Qtr2,May
H1,Qtr2,Jun
H2,Qtr3,Jul
H2,Qtr3,Aug
Steps for Dimensional Building

 1.Create a rules file.

 2.Open the data source file
 3.Set the file delimiters for the data source
 4.Define the fields
 5.Set the build method
 6.Validate the Rules file
 7.Save the Rules file and close the Rules file
 8.Load data
Loading Outlines (contd.):
Loading Outlines (contd.):
Loading Outlines (contd.):
Allow Property Change:
Loading Outlines (contd.):
Loading Outlines (contd.):
from the DLR:
 options in Excel):
Profit + Income + Sales +
Profit + Income + COGS +
Profit + Expenditure - Marketing +
Profit + Expenditure - Payroll +
Profit + Expenditure - Misc +
Profit + Tax -
Assets ~X Inventory ~ Opening Inventory
Assets ~X Inventory ~ Colsing Inventory ~
Ratios ~X Margin % ~
Ratios ~X Closing % ~
Parent/Child Reference:
Measures Profit +
Profit Income +
Income Sales +
Income COGS -
Profit Expenditure -
Expenditure Marketing +
Expenditure Payroll +
Expenditure Misc +
Profit Tax -
Measures Assets ~X
Assets Inventory ~
Inventory Opening Inventory +
Inventory Colsing Inventory ~
Measures Ratios ~X
Ratios Margin % ~
Ratios Closing % ~
(contd.):
Data Loading

Types of data loading are 3.

 1.Free form data loading

 2.Using Rules file
 3.Excel lock &send
Free form data Loading:-
If the source file format is 100% matching with
the outline format ,then only we will go for
Free form data loading(No use of Rules file).

Excel lock &send:-

Through Excel we will enter the data and
submit the data.
 Using Rules file:-
 1.Create a rules file.
 2.Open the data source file
 3.Set the file delimiters for the data source
 4.Define the fields
 5.Check the data field for the last field(if it is
having single data field)
 6.Validate the Rules file
 7.Save the Rules file and close the Rules file
 8.Load data
Loading Data (contd.):
Loading Data (contd.):
formats):
 Order of Computation:
Within Accounts:
1. Accounts
2. Time
3. Dense
4. Sparse
9
5
5. Two – Pass 3
1
2
4
8
6
7
Member Formula Vs Calc
Script:

Member CALC Script

Formula
Mention only RHS Mention LHS and
RHS
For a Member For the Whole
Database
Stored in the Stored Externally
Outline
 Intelligent Calculation:

•After any change in data, all the relevant blocks are marked
Dirty.

•On running the Default Calc, with Intelligent Calc ON, it

optimizes calculation by only calculating the Dirty blocks.

•It can be turned ON or OFF by the command:

SET UPDATECALC ON/OFF;
Backups

There are two methods of backing up a

database:

● File system backup

● Data export in a text format
Backing up Files During Run-time

If any Essbase databases must be

running at the time of the backup, follow
these steps:

 1. Placing a Database in Read-Only

Mode
 2. Performing a File Backup
 3. Returning Database to Read-
Write Mode
 Placing a Database in Read-Only Mode:-
 Placing the database in read-only (or “archive”) mode protects the database from
updates during the backup process. After you perform the backup using the third-
party backup utility of your choice, return the database to read-write mode.

 To place a database in read-only mode, use a tool:

Data export

The amount of data to export:

1.All data
2. Level 0 blocks only (blocks containing only
level 0 sparse member combinations. Note that
these blocks may contain data for upper level
dense dimension members.)
3. Data from input blocks only (blocks
containing data from a previous data load or
spreadsheet Lock & Send)
We can export data in a columnar or non-columnar format.
In each row, the columnar format displays a member name from every
dimension. Names can be repeated from row to row.
The columnar format provides a structure to the exported data, so that it can
be used for further data processing by applications other than Analytic
Services tools; for example,relational databases.
In non-columnar format, sparse members identifying a data block are
included only once for the block. Because the export file in non-columnar
format is smaller than in columnar format, reloading a file in non-
columnar format is faster.
Automation(ESSCMD):-

 For Scheduling the loading process. Following steps

need to be followed.
 1. Open notepad and write the following code as
shown below, and save it as .scr extension file. (Ex:
Sample5.scr)


 2. Open notepad and write a batch file as shown below

and save it as .bat extension file. (Ex: Sample5.bat)


 3. Go to control panel and click on scheduled tasks and

Add scheduled task as shown below Click on next
following window appears
 4. When u click next the following window appears then
click browse


 5. select the .bat (Ex: Sample5.bat) as shown below and

select when the task need to be performed


 6. Select the time an the no of days in the following

window


 7. Enter the Username and password and click next the

following window appears
  8. After entering the system user name and password
click next following window appears then click finish.

Windows will perform the task for the scheduled day and time.
Report Scripts

•Select the application and the database, and click the

Report Scripts
• Click the New button to open the Report Editor

// This is a simple report script example

// Define the dimensions to list on the current page, as below
<PAGE (Market, Measures)
// Define the dimensions to list across the page, as below
<COLUMN (Year, Scenario)
// Define the dimensions to list down the page, as below
<ROW (Product) // Select the members to include in the report Sales
<ICHILDREN Market Qtr1 Qtr2 Actual Budget Variance
<ICHILDREN Product

// Finish with a bang

• Choose File > Save, and type Myrept1 for the report
script object name, and save it on the server (the
default).

• Choose Report > Run.

 Essbase Partitioning
Partition is the piece of a database that is shared with another
database.
Partitions contain the following parts :
• Data source information
• Data target information
• Login and password
• Type of partition
• Shared areas
• Member mapping information
• State of the partition
Types of Partitions
1.Replicated Partition
2.Transparent Partition
3.Linked partition

Replicated Partition:- A replicated partition

is a copy of a portion of the data source
that is stored in the data target.
Some users can then access the data in
the data source while others access it in
the data target.
Transparent Partition:-A transparent partition allows users to
manipulate data that is stored remotely as if it were part of
the local database.

 The remote data is retrieved from the data source each time that
users at the data target request it. Users do not need to know
where the data is stored, because they see it as part of their local
database.

Because the data is retrieved directly from the data source, users
see the latest version of the data.
When they update the data, their updates are
written back to the data source. This process means
that other users at both the data source and the
data target have immediate access to those updates.

Linked Partition:- A linked partition connects two

different databases with a data cell. When the end
user clicks the linked cell in the data target, you drill
across to a second database, the data source, and
view the data there.
Linked Partition