Using MaxL for Automating Production

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 Agenda
MaxL primer
Managing Hyperion Essbase server
Managing applications and databases
Managing security in Hyperion Essbase
Monitoring an Essbase server

Q&A session

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 Introduction

MaxL is a flexible way to automate Essbase administration and

maintenance tasks. MaxL is the multi-dimensional database access
language for Essbase. MaxL is a practical, expressive interface for
administering and querying the Essbase system. With the MaxL
language, you use statements to make requests

MaxL DDL is the database definition language for Essbase

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 MaxL Primer
E s s b a s e M a x L C L I
E s s m s h
P e r l M o d u le (C /V B /J a v a )

M a x L E n g in e

H y p e r io n E s s b a s e O L A P S e rv e r

Alter system load application sample;

Alter application sample load database basic;
Alter application sample disable connects;

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 MaxL Commonly Used Commands

1 Export Data 6 Create/Alter/Display application

2 Import Data 7 Create Trigger
3 Create calculation 8 Create/Display/Alter User
4 Execute calculation 9 Create Group
5 Monitor Essbase Server 10 Create Database

Alter system load application sample;

Alter application sample load database basic;
Alter database sample.Basic disable connects;

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 Managing Applications
Creating applications

Configuring application parameters

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 Managing Databases
Creating databases

• Configuring database parameters

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 Managing Security
Creating groups

Creating users

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 Creating and Managing Filters

Creating filters

Create filter sample.Basic.EastMgr

write on ‘actual, @children(east)’,
read on ‘budget, @children(east)’;

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 Granting Permissions
Granting specific privileges to users

Grant filter sample.Basic.EastMgr to Fiona;

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 Monitoring Essbase Server
Display active server sessions

Display session on database sample.Basic;

alter system kill request by user 'Swetha' on application sample;
alter system logout session by user 'Swetha' on application sample;

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 Monitoring Essbase Server
Import export data and LRO

Import database sample.Basic from datafile ‘/data/calcdat.Txt’

using rules file ‘/data/rulesfile.rul’
on error write to ‘/logs/dimbuild.Log’

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 Export Data/Import Data
export database sample.basic data to data_file ‘C:\\fileout.csv’.

export database sample.basic data In column to data_file ‘C:\\fileout.csv’.

import database sample.basic data from data_file “C:\\fileout.csv” on error abort;

export database sample.basic using report_file

"'$ARBORPATH/App/Sample/Basic/asym.rep'" to data_file 'c:\\month2.rpt';

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 Create Calculation

create or replace calculation

sample.basic.Accts
'SET UPDATECALC ON; CALC DIM(Accounts);' ;

execute calculation Sample.Basic.calcname;

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 Create Trigger
Types of Triggers:
on-update
after-update

create or replace on update create or replace after update trigger

trigger Sample.Basic.EastColas
Sample.Basic.EastColas where (Jan, Sales, Actual, [100],
where (Jan, Sales, Actual, East)
[100], East) when Jan > 20 then spool
when Jan > 20 then spool EastColas_Fail end;
EastColas_Fail
end;
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 To be Discussed Creating and Managing Partitions

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 To be Discussed Creating and Managing Partitions

Create or replace replicated partition

sampeast.East area '@IDESC(east)' to
samppart.Company at localhost as
partitionuser identified by 'password' area
'@idesc(east)';

Refresh replicated partition samppart.Company from sampeast.East at

localhost updated data;

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 Automate Loading Process

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 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)

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 2. Open notepad and write a batch file as shown below and save
it as .bat extension file. (Ex: Sample5.bat)

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 3. Go to control panel and click on scheduled tasks and Add scheduled
task as shown below Click on next following window appears

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4. When u click next the following window appears then click browse

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5. select the .bat (Ex: Sample5.bat) as shown below and select when the task need to be performed

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

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 7. Enter the Username and password and click next the following window appears

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

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 Q&A

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