Esscommand and MDX in 7.x

Can someone please provide an example of how to automatically update a product dimension and load data in Essbase 7.x. In version 6.5, I used Esscommand to do this. My understanding is I need to use MDX with version 7.x. Here is a sample of the old Esscommand process: - - - - - Login "localhost" "xxx" "xxx" ; Select "xxx" "xxx" BeginIncBuildDim IncBuildDim 2 "Products" 3 "C:\file.txt" 4 "E:\essbase\logs\Products.err" 2 N; EndIncBuildDim 1 Import 3 "E:\billings.txt" 4 "Y" 2 "billngs" "N" "E:\essbase\logs\billngs.err" CalcDefault; Logout; - - - - - What is the MDX equivalent?

Actually to clarify, MDX is a query language used to pull data from a database. What you are thinking of is the MaxL language. MaxL is the replacement for ESSCMD. Check out the Tech Reference for a list of commands you can use in MaxL. It's not too much different from ESSCMD, so it shouldn't be too difficult if you know ESSCMD. Here's a link to the Tech Reference: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://dev.hyperion.com/techdocs/essbase/essbase_712/Docs/techref/techref.htm">http://dev.hyperion.com/techdo...s/techref/techref.htm</a> HTH

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