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Using Maxl For Automating Production: For All Hyperion Video Tutorial/Training/Certification/Material

The document discusses using MaxL to automate tasks in Essbase. MaxL is the multi-dimensional database access language for Essbase that allows administering and querying the Essbase system using statements. The document covers topics like managing applications and databases, security, monitoring the Essbase server, exporting and importing data, creating calculations and triggers, and automating loading processes through scheduling tasks.

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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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