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This document outlines an agenda and topics for an Essbase 102 training session, including setting the Essbase environment, slicing and dicing metadata, retrieval limitations, using the Application Manager, and viewing data in Excel. The training will demonstrate creating Essbase masters, viewing differences between them, writing reports, and updating the cube from Excel.

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Learn Linc ESSBASE3

This document outlines an agenda and topics for an Essbase 102 training session, including setting the Essbase environment, slicing and dicing metadata, retrieval limitations, using the Application Manager, and viewing data in Excel. The training will demonstrate creating Essbase masters, viewing differences between them, writing reports, and updating the cube from Excel.

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Essbase 102

Harry Lotrowski

Aug. 15, 2003

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Agenda

    

SETting the environment Slicing and dicing the Metadata Essbase retrieval limitations The Application Manager Using EXCEL to view data

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Setting the evironment

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SETting the environment

SQL ESSBASE SET RESTRICTSUM [ON|OFF] FOR synonym

 

(FOC43241) Aggregation is requested for non aggregatable member(s) Can affect behavior of Define statement and Where clauses

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SETting the environment

ESSBASE SET USEALIASNAME {ON|OFF} [FOR synonym]

Allows you to pick up the text value (alias) for a member  Field will respect the size (number of characters) of its member  Drill down passes the alias ensure variable expects it

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SETting the environment

SQL ESSBASE SET MAXROWS n [FOR synonym]

  

10,000 row default limit No initial indication Too easy to overlook

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Slicing and Dicing Metadata

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CREATE SYNONYM DEFAULT FOR CENTACCT.CENTACCT DBMS ESSBASE AT harryloibi END TABLE FILE DEFAULT SUM F1000 F2000 BY GEN2_MANUFACTURING BY GEN4_YEARS_TOTAL ACROSS GEN2_PRODUCT WHERE GEN2_SCENARIO EQ 'Actuals' END

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ENGINE ESSBASE SET MEASURE NONE FOR M_NONE CREATE SYNONYM M_NONE FOR CENTACCT.CENTACCT DBMS ESSBASE AT harryloibi END TABLE FILE M_NONE SUM DATA_VALUE BY GEN2_MANUFACTURING BY GEN4_YEARS_TOTAL ACROSS GEN2_PRODUCT ACROSS ACCOUNTS_MEMBER WHERE GEN2_SCENARIO EQ 'Actuals' AND ACCOUNTS_MEMBER EQ '1000' OR '2000'; END

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ENGINE ESSBASE SET MEASURE SCENARIO FOR M_SCENARIO CREATE SYNONYM M_SCENARIO FOR CENTACCT.CENTACCT DBMS ESSBASE AT harryloibi END TABLE FILE M_SCENARIO SUM ACTUALS BY GEN2_MANUFACTURING BY GEN4_YEARS_TOTAL ACROSS GEN2_PRODUCT ACROSS ACCOUNTS_MEMBER WHERE ACCOUNTS_MEMBER EQ '1000' OR '2000'; END

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 DEMO  Creating the Masters  Viewing the diffences between them  Writing the reports

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Retrieval Limitations

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 Essbase can only send data 4 ways


   
MEMBER ONLY  One BY field MEMBER AND DIRECT CHILDREN  Two BY fields MEMBER AND ALL DECENDENTS  More than two BY fields NAMED MEMBERS  FOR statements

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The data for this example


gen1_geog GEOG North America gen2_geog United States gen3_geog Alabama gen4_geog Alaska Arkansas . New York gen5_geog New York County Bronx County gen6_geog 10467 123 Elm Street gen7_geog Queens County 11354 35-05 167th Street . Wyoming Canada Alberta . Sask.

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TABLE FILE ESSFILE PRINT NUMBER BY GEN2_GEOG END

Sent: North America 1500.00 Result: North America 1500.00

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TABLE FILE ESSFILE PRINT NUMBER BY GEN2_GEOG BY GEN3_GEOG END

Sent: North America United States Canada Result: North America


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1500.00 750.00 750.00 United States Canada 750.00 750.00

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 TABLE FILE ESSFILE  PRINT NUMBER  BY GEN2_GEOG  BY GEN3_GEOG  BY GEN4_GEOG  END

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Sent:
North America United States Alabama Alaska Arkansas . New York New York County Bronx County 10467 123 Elm Street Queens County 11354 35-05 167th Street . Wyoming Canada Alberta . Sask.
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1500.00 750.00 150.00 200.00 100.00 200.00 50.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 100.00 750.00 500.00 50.00

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Result: North America 150.00

United States Alabama Arkansas Alaska New York Wyoming Alberta Sask. 100.00 200.00 200.00 100.00 500.00 50.00

Canada

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TABLE FILE ESSFILE PRINT NUMBER FOR GEOG_MEMBER ALABAMA OVER NEW YORK OVER WYOMING END

Sent: Alabama New York Wyoming Result: Alabama New York Wyoming
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150.00 200.00 100.00

150.00 200.00 100.00

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Application Manager

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DEMO Finding out..

   

What Version is this? Where does the data live ? Do we have data ? How large is the cube?

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Excel Plug-in

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DEMO

 

Slicing and Dicing in Excel Updating the cube

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In Conclusion

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 Three key things to know:  KNOW YOUR MFD  KNOW YOUR DATA  KNOW HOW TO CHECK AND BROWSE THE
CUBE AND OUTLINE

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Questions And Answers

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