Connecting to an OLAP Cube

Hi,
I'm trying to connect to an olap cube sitting on an essbase olap server. When i use the OLAP report creation wizard and try to connect to the server I get various messages about .dll files missing.
The ones in question are essbhapi.dll and essapinu.dll
Has anybody got an ideas of the best way to remedy this?
Many thanks
Darrell.

Hello Darrell
Simply install the Essbase client software. This contains the missing files. Depending on the configuration of your BOE system, you must install the Essbase client software on the same machine that contains the MDAS server. Once installed you will then need to restart the MDAS server so that it will pick up the Essbase connectivity. This will allow Voyager to work with Essbase and should also allow WebI OLAP universe connectivity too.
Regards

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