Table of Contents [ v ] Date and Time 186 Miscellaneous 186 Order of calculation 187 Two-Pass Calc 189 Using Substitution Variables 191 Substitution Variables using EAS 192 Substitution Variables using MaxL 194 Create variables at the server level 195 Create variables at the application level 195 Create variables at the database level 196 Displaying the Substitution Variable and its value 196 Displaying the Substitution Variable in the SQL editor 198 Building your rst Calculation Script 199 Writing and saving a Calculation Script 200 Executing your Calculation Scripts 201 Running Calculation Scripts manually using EAS 201 Running a Calculation Script using an Essbase Command Script (EssCmd) 203 What the EssCmd script looks like 204 Running a Calculation Script using a MaxL Script 205 Running a Calculation Script using the Essbase API 208 Running a Calculation Script from Microsoft Excel 209 Running a Calculation Script through the Essbase Add-In 210 Running a Calculation Script using Microsoft Excel VBA 211 Summary 212 Chapter 6: Using your Essbase Cube 213 Using your Essbase database 213 How do you use your data in the real world 214 Ad hoc data 214 Canned reporting 214 Export data 215 Forecast analysts 215 Planning analysts 216 Budget analysts 217 Financial analysts 218 The real target users of your Essbase data 218 Ways to extract your Essbase data 218 The Essbase Report Script 220 How to create an Essbase Report Script 221 Report script commands and functions 223 Report layout commands 224 Data range commands 225 Data ordering command 226 Member selection and sorting commands 226 This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com Table of Contents [ vi ] Format commands 227 Column or row calculation 228 Member names and aliases 230 Building your rst Essbase report script 230 Executing your report scripts 234 Run reports using EAS 235 Running a report script using an Essbase command script 236 Running calc using a MaxL script 238 Previewing data in EAS 239 Cubeview 240 Properties 241 Summary 242 Chapter 7: Getting the most out of the Microsoft Excel Add-in 243 Reporting with the Microsoft Excel Add-in 243 Connecting to Essbase 246 Connecting to Essbase from Microsoft Excel 246 Disconnecting from Essbase 248 Launching the Essbase Query Designer 249 Retrieving data from Essbase 249 Setting the add-in spreadsheet options 250 Display tab 251 Zoom tab 253 Mode tab 254 Global tab 256 Selecting Essbase members for your query 258 Using the Keep Only function 263 Using the Remove Only function 264 Zooming in on your data 264 Zooming out on your data 265 Pivot Essbase members on your spreadsheet 265 Flashback: The Essbase Add-in Undo 266 Locking the data and retrieving 266 Locking the data 267 Unlocking the locked data 267 Sending your data to the database 267 Running a database calculation 268 Retrieving your sheet without data 269 Zooming in on sample data 270 Linking objects to your data 270 Creating graphical data representations 271 Using the currency conversion tool 272 Custom Microsoft Excel workbook reporting 272 This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com Table of Contents [ vii ] A nal word on the Essbase add-in 274 Using the Essbase Query Designer 274 Where do I nd the Essbase Query Designer 274 Creating a query with Essbase Query Designer 278 Page dimensions 281 Row dimensions 281 Column dimensions 281 Sample query 281 Report script by-product 288 Summary 290 Chapter 8: Automating your Essbase Cube 291 Essbase command scripts (EssCmd) 292 Creating an Essbase command script 293 EssCmd commands and categories 295 Coding a basic EssCmd 297 Always remember EssCmd logging 297 Connecting to an Essbase server 298 What about error checking 298 Adding some functional commands 299 The nished script 300 Executing an EssCmd 301 Essbase MaxL scripts 304 Logging on to the Essbase server 305 Working with an Essbase application in MaxL 306 Creating an application 306 Altering the application 307 Display application 311 Drop application 311 Working with an Essbase database from MaxL 311 Creating or replacing a database 312 Altering a database 313 Display database 315 Drop database 315 Working with data in MaxL 315 Working with database calculations in MaxL 317 Create calculation 317 Display calculation 317 Execute calculation 317 Drop calculation 318 Working with user privileges in MaxL 318 Create user 319 Alter user 319 Display user 320 Drop user 320 Grant user 320 Working at the System level with MaxL 321 This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com Table of Contents [ viii ] Alter system properties 321 Display system properties 321 Substitution variables 322 Executing a MaxL statement 323 Executing MaxL from Command Prompt 324 Executing MaxL from EAS 325 Essbase Application Programming Interface (API) 326 Installing the Essbase API 327 What you should know to use the Essbase API 327 What functions are available in the Essbase API 328 Essbase API programming tips 329 Essbase nested coding style examples 330 Essbase API function declarations 331 How to code an API function 332 Essbase API code sample blocks 333 The sample API subroutine explained 336 Summary 337 Chapter 9: Advanced Techniques 339 Performance tuning your database 339 The shape of your database outline 340 The hourglass outline 340 Database block size 342 Database conguration settings 343 Data retrieval buffers 343 Data cache settings 344 Data load and storage settings 345 Partitioning databases 347 Analytic server conguration le 352 Conguration categories 355 Conguration settings to consider 356 Ports and connections 356 Logging and error handling 356 Calculation 357 Data import/export 358 Memory management 359 essbase.cfg memory settings 360 Summary 362 Chapter 10: Essbase Analytics Option 365 What is ASO 366 Creating an aggregate storage Application|Database 366 Hierarchies 370 Stored hierarchies 371 This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com Table of Contents [ ix ] Dynamic hierarchies 372 Outline paging 372 Aggregation 373 MDX query language 373 MDX functions for ASO 374 MDX function examples 375 MDX query syntax 376 Executing an MDX query 376 Tuples and Sets 378 Pros and cons of ASO and BSO 378 Pros and cons of BSO 379 Pros 379 Cons 379 Pros and cons of ASO 380 Pros 380 Cons 380 Summary 382 Chapter 11: Essbase System 9 Components 383 Overview of System 9 components 383 Essbase Analytic Services (Essbase agent) 384 Essbase Planning 384 Essbase analytics 385 Hyperion Application Link/Oracle Application Link 385 Oracle Business Rules 386 Oracle Reports 387 Essbase Shared Services 387 Oracle Essbase Provider Services 388 Essbase Smart Ofce 388 Oracle Essbase Financial Reporting 389 Smart View for Microsoft Ofce 390 Summary 391 Appendix: A New Essbase Companion—Oracle Smart View 393 Reporting with Oracle Smart View 394 Adding a data source with the connection manager 395 Retrieving data using Smart View in Microsoft Excel 400 POV Manager 402 Submitting data and calc scripts in Smart View 404 Using Smart View in other Microsoft Ofce products 406 Index 409 This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com . Services 388 Essbase Smart Ofce 388 Oracle Essbase Financial Reporting 3 89 Smart View for Microsoft Ofce 390 Summary 391 Appendix: A New Essbase Companion Oracle Smart View 393 Reporting with Oracle. BSO 3 79 Pros 3 79 Cons 3 79 Pros and cons of ASO 380 Pros 380 Cons 380 Summary 382 Chapter 11: Essbase System 9 Components 383 Overview of System 9 components 383 Essbase Analytic Services (Essbase. agent) 384 Essbase Planning 384 Essbase analytics 385 Hyperion Application Link /Oracle Application Link 385 Oracle Business Rules 386 Oracle Reports 387 Essbase Shared Services 387 Oracle Essbase