Essbase Shared Services

Hi,
Can any one tell me what are the significant improvements in Essbase Shared Services with the new Essbase 11.1.1 version over the Essbase System 9?
If anybody know this, Please let me know. It will be a great help to me.
Thank you very much

For all those people that like to read about the latest version of Oracle Essbase.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12825_01/index.htm
Brian Chow

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Can i install 32 bit applications Planning, Shared services, Analytic Provider on 64 bit OS (windows 2003 EE)
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Kumar

Cross post :- Installation of Essbase, Shared services and Planning
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I never worked with CSSImportExport. I will be moving Planning Applicatoin, HFM and FMD along with Shared Services and Essbase. Can I use CSSImportExport for HFM/FDM etc. If you can point out to any good working example or doc on CSSImportExport that would be really very helpful to me. In the mean time , I willl be googling arround the internet about it.
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Have you converted essbase from native security mode to shared services security.
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Essbase - Shared Services - Maxl - User creation

Hi,
I have an issue looking similar to [Automating User/Group creation & Assigning filters in Shared Services|http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1009127]
When trying to add internal groups to an external MSAD user, I get following messages:
h3. when adding a group to an external user:
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Hi Erik,
When you create an user in Essbase, the user will be created both in Essbase as well as Shared Service,
where as when you create an user in Shared service, the user will not be created in essbase untill you perform refresh.
In your case you can create the external user in Essasbe by using "Create user 'x29027' type external;'.
By this you will be creating the user in Essbase and the particular user is recognised in Essbase.
Now you can add him to any group.
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we try to set up MSAD integration for Planning and Essbase 9.3.1.
Everyting works fine but the accounts that pop up are first and last name in the user field instead of the userid used in windows to login. so in windows i login with mroest but now in Hyperion i have to use Marc Roest.
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Automagic User Provisioning Essbase + Shared Services

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I have recently been able to figure out how to use the Shared Services API for 11.1.2 in a previous post:
Shared Service API Working 11.1.2
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My problem is that I need to be able to script the user management with shared services and have not been able to find much help. In the past, we ran Essbase in standalone mode and were able to handle this via MaxL generating essbase native user accounts. This will no longer work since we want to use shared services when upgrading to Essbase 11.

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In a Shared services enabled Essbase server,
For a user/group can we define different access levels (say Read on one & Write on the other) to different databases belonging to the same application (BSO)?
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Ethan.

Of course you can.
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Essbase - Shared services security , User provison

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1. If I change the Shared services Admin password (default password) will it effects any other applications?
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How to add teradata Data type in essbase shared services configuration

[pic here |http://gerardnico.com/wiki/_detail/epm/hyperion_epm_system_configurator_database_registry.jpg?id=epm%3Aepm_installation]
I am not getting oracle or Teradata during configuration of Shared Services in database type
PIC HERE
I added both the database (sample SH for oracle and WIMM (personalized database ) for Teradata) in the microsoft odbc administrator on the machine .
but it does not detect these data bases -- does any one know to configure and add databases to the drop down list .
thanks
Edited by: UOOLK on 02-Aug-2011 07:28
Edited by: UOOLK on 02-Aug-2011 07:31
Edited by: UOOLK on 02-Aug-2011 07:32

When configuring shared services it does not use ODBC connections it uses JDBC, by default you should see Oracle in the dropdown but you will not see teradata.
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John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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