EIS Catalog

Hi All,
I am using EIS 7.1.2 and SQL Server 2005 as RDBMS.
I have Created one DSN to connect to Essbase and SQL Server. I have created one Catalog using the Created DNS to connect the EIS and SQL Server.
Now i wanted to know where the Catalog will be stored.
I read some documents that says Catalog will be stored in RDBMS.
Please let me know where exactly (path) the Catalog will be stored.
Thanks,
Prathap

Hi Pratap,
OLAP Metadata Catalog is nothing but a database in RDBMS. It contains 33 tables which store OLAP models & metaoutlines. First create a database in RDBMS and create a DSN for the same.
When you start EIS then it will ask you to create OLAP Metadata catalog then if you select DSN (just created above) from catalog ODBC DSN and click on create button then all above mentioned tables get created in database (just created above).
So in reply to your question, yes catalog stored in RDBMS only.
Hope it helps you.
Atul K,
Edited by: Atul Kushwaha on Oct 23, 2009 2:03 AM

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