Copying Alias Tables in ESSCMD script

Hello,I can't seem to find a way to copy an alias table using an ESSCMD script. In particular, there is no way to export one to a text file to then subsequently load via the LOADALIAS command.I realized the hard way that the COPYOBJECT command does not copy alias tables in essbase 6.1.4.-dan

Hi,
You can extract the .ads file from LCM, rename the alias and reload in EPMA using a profile for flat files.

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Thanks for your help, but i'm not too sure how to do this. I am currently exporting to excel using the following script:

<td>
<table class="SAPBEXBtnStdBorder" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td nowrap>
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<A class=SAPBEXBtnStd title="Print <SAP_BW_TEXT program='SAPLRRSV' key='738'>" <A href='javascript:printIt()' >&nbspPrint </A>
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Are you saying I have to specify the tables in this?

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Is there a way to automate the copying of an alias table to another alias table in an outline?We are on v5.02 patch12. Thanks.

Check out the COPYOBJECT command in ESSCMD - an alias table is one of the objects you can copy from one database to another.Regards,Jade--------------------------------Jade ColeSenior Business Intelligence ConsultantClarity [email protected] ---Message Posted by jesmith ??3/21/02 05:03---Is there a way to automate the copying of an alias table to another alias table in an outline?We are on v5.02 patch12. Thanks.

Copying Alias Tables in EPMA

Hi All,
Is anyone aware of an easier way of copying an Alias table from the 'Default' table to another alias table other than using the EPMAFileGenerator to export the metadata, copy & pasting the aliases to the other table and then re-importing the metadata? We are on v.11.1.2.1. Thanks in advance!

Hi,
You can extract the .ads file from LCM, rename the alias and reload in EPMA using a profile for flat files.

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I am copy pasting the physical tables from one rpd to another. I first copied the physical table and then tried to copy the alias table i get the message ' Unknown Error' when i click ok it says
'Failed to copy from clip board"

Identify the "class=MyStyle" string in the MTML code, and use the Multi-File Find and Replace feature to step through each topic and change the specific instances to "class=MyOtherStyle." (I doubt that you'll want to "Replace All".)
Sorry, there's no silver bullet!
Good luck,
Leon

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2 Questions:
I want to combine my member names and alias table (default) into a new alias table such that the new alias table would be (Member Name - Alias Default). Is there a way to do this through a script ?
Also currently we only have 1 alias table, default, will there be any considerable performance impacts to adding an addition alias table ?

If this is a planning application, alias tables have to be created with in the planning web and upon refresh it will be pushed to essbase. I dont think you can do this using a script for planning. Even if you create these tables directly in essbase, those will be dropped during the application refresh.
If it was an " Essbase-only " application you can import/export tables using maxl/esscmd.
Adding alias table will not shown a significant impact on performance. You can have upto 9 additional alias tables.
Hope this helps!
Nra

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I have taken 2 approaches to do this:
1. Use the CREATE TABLE AS....
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create table XXXX_TEST as select * from XXXX_INDV_DOCS@ext_db
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00997: illegal use of LONG datatype
2. After reading some threads I tried to use the COPY command:
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Hi Nicolas,
There is a reason I am not using export/import:
- I would like to have a one-script solution for this problem (meaning execute one script on one machine)
- I am not able to make an SSH connection from the target DB to the local one (although the otherway it works fine) which means I cannot copy the dump file from target server to local one.
- with export/import I need to have an SSH connection on the target DB in order to issue the exp command...
Therefore, I am looking for a solution (or a workaround) which will work over a DBLINK.
Regards,
Pawel.

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I'm not an AppleScript expert by any stretch of the imagination. I'll paste the entire script unedited from Apple:
Add Prefix-Suffix to File Names
This script is designed to add a prefix or suffix to files in the front window of the desktop.
If no folder windows are open, the script will effect items on the desktop.
Copyright © 2001 Apple Computer, Inc.
You may incorporate this Apple sample code into your program(s) without
restriction. This Apple sample code has been provided "AS IS" and the
responsibility for its operation is yours. You are not permitted to
redistribute this Apple sample code as "Apple sample code" after having
made changes. If you're going to redistribute the code, we require
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Any idea how to fix that?
Try replacing the following three lines:
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Copying a table with the right-click menu in schema browser fails to copy comments when string has single quote(s) (ascii chr(39))

Hi,
I'm running 32-bit version of SQL Developer v. 3.2.20.09 build 09.87, and I used the built in context menu (right-clicking from the schema browser) today to copy a table. However, none of the comments copied. When I dug into the PL/SQL that the menu-item is using, I realized that it fails because it doesn't handle single quotes within the comment string.
For example, I have a table named WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT that I wanted to copy as WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1 (within same schema name)
1. I right-clicked on the object in the schema browser and selected Table > Copy...
2. In the pop-up Copy window, I entered the new table name "WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1" and ticked the box for "Include Data" option. -- The PL/SQL that the menu-command is using is in the "SQL" tab of this window. This is what I extracted later for testing the issue after the comments did not copy.
Result: Table and data copied as-expected, but no column or table comments existed.
I examined the PL/SQL block that the pop-up window issued, and saw this:
declare
l_sql varchar2(32767);
c_tab_comment varchar2(32767);
procedure run(p_sql varchar2) as
begin
     execute immediate p_sql;
end;
begin
run('create table "BI_ETL".WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1 as select * from "BI_ETL"."WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT" where '||11||' = 11');
select comments into c_tab_comment from sys.all_TAB_comments where owner = 'BI_ETL' and table_name = 'WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT' and comments is not null;
run('comment on table BI_ETL.WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1 is '||''''||c_tab_comment||'''');
for tc in (select column_name from sys.all_tab_cols where owner = 'BI_ETL' and table_name = 'WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT')
    loop
   for c in (select comments from sys.all_col_comments where owner = 'BI_ETL' and table_name = 'WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT' and column_name=tc.column_name)
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   run ('comment on column BI_ETL.WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1.'||tc.column_name||' is '||''''||c.comments||'''');
end loop;
end loop;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN NULL;
end;
The string of the table comment on WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT is this:
WBIG table of frozen, point-in-time snapshots of Enrolled Students by Category/term/pidm. "Category" is historically, and commonly, our CENSUS snapshot; but, can also describe other frequencies, or categorizations, such as: End-of-Term (EOT), etc. Note: Prior to this table existing, Census-snapshots were stored in SATURN.SNAPREG_ALL. All FALL and SPRING term records prior-to-and-including Spring 2013 ('201230') have been migrated into this table -- EXCEPT a few select prior to Fall 2004 (200410) records where there are duplicates on term/pidm. NO Summer snapshots existed in SNAPREG_ALL, but were queried and stored retroactively (including terms prior to Spring 2013) for the purpose of future on-going year-over-year analysis and comparison.
Note the single quotes in the comment: ... ('201230')
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When I modify the above PL/SQL as my own anonymous block like this, it is successful:
declare
c_tab_comment VARCHAR2(32767);
begin
SELECT REPLACE(comments,chr(39),chr(39)||chr(39)) INTO c_tab_comment FROM sys.all_TAB_comments WHERE owner = 'BI_ETL'   AND table_name = 'WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT' AND comments IS NOT NULL;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'comment on table BI_ETL.WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1 is '''||c_tab_comment||'''';
for tc in (select column_name from sys.all_tab_cols where owner = 'BI_ETL' and table_name = 'WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT')
    loop
   for c in (select REPLACE(comments,chr(39),chr(39)||chr(39)) comments from sys.all_col_comments where owner = 'BI_ETL' and table_name = 'WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT' and column_name=tc.column_name)
   loop
   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'comment on column BI_ETL.WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1.'||tc.column_name||' is '||''''||c.comments||'''';
end loop;
end loop;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN NULL;
end;
On lines 4 and 8 I wrapped the "comments" from sys.all_tab_comments and sys.all_col_comments with a replace command finding every chr(39) and replacing with chr(39)||chr(39). (On line 8 I also had to alias the wrapped column as "comments" so line 10 would succeed.)
Is this an issue with SQL Developer? Is there any chance that the menu-items can handle single quotes in comment strings? ... And, of course this makes me wonder which other context menu commands in the tool might have a similar issue.
Thoughts?
thanks//jacob

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I know about quick drop, but it isn't helpful here. I want to be able to right click on a string or array wire, navigate to the string or array palette, and select the corresponding "Empty?" comparator. In this case, since I do actually know where those functions live, and I'm already using my mouse to right click on the wire, typing ctrl-space to open quick drop and then typing in the function name is actually more work than navigating to it in the palette. It would just be nice to have it on hand in the location I naturally go to look for it the first time.
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https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-20453
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could anyone help me out with this task-
Copy all tables exists in a DB to Destination flatfiles.
Condition 1) Name of flat file should be name of the Table
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According to your description, you want to export data from multiple SQL tables to multiple text files, and the file name should be the name of the corresponding table name.
To achieve this requirement, we can refer to the reply post by user756519 in the following similar thread:
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Katherine Xiong
Katherine Xiong
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Export data with list alias from alternate alias table

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I am working on a data export out of my BSO app using @JExport.
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I am trying to load an alias table. As far as I know the .alt file needs to be kept on the server where Essbase is installed, not on the client machine.
i have Remote connected to the server machine and kept the file ALT.alt directly under in the C drive.
when running the following script:
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Dear all,
I'm rather new to iWork 08 and now i'm trying to copy a table from a numbers document to a pages document. When i do so it copies the table but with all the formulas and in pages it does not recognize what equals one cell to another. In other words, since the table in discussion has another table beneath it which is linked to with some simple formulas, and i copy only the above table it doesn't know how to link the results to the table below.
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set the clipboard to (the clipboard as text)
was THE script !
Here is the enhanced version:
--\[SCRIPT pasteValues.app]
Enregistrer le script en tant qu'Application ou Progiciel : pasteValues.app
déplacer l'application créée dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Users:<votreCompte>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Pages:
Il vous faudra peut-être créer le dossier Pages et peut-être même le dossier Applications.
Copier un bloc de cellules de Numbers dans le presse-papiers.
Placer le curseur où vous voulez dans un document Pages (ce peut-être une cellule de table).
menu Scripts > Pages > pasteValues
Le script collera les valeurs seules.
+++++++
Save the script as an Application or an Application Bundle: pasteValues.app
Move the newly created application into the folder:
<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Pages:
Maybe you would have to create the folder Pages and even the folder Applications by yourself.
Copy a block of cells from Numbers in the clipboard.
Put the cursor where you wish in a Pages document (it may be a cell of a table).
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Yvan KOENIG (Vallauris, FRANCE)
le 18 novembre 2008
property theApp : "Pages"
--=============
on run
try
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• The clipboard was empty *)
return
end try
my pasteIt()
end run
--=============
on pasteIt()
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end pasteIt
--=============
--[/SCRIPT]
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 18 novembre 2008 18:53:50)

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Take a look at the <OUTALTSELECT command. It allows you to specify an alternate alias table in a report script.Regards,Jade----------------------------------Jade ColeSenior Business Intelligence ConsultantClarity [email protected]

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