Export data to sql

Question

Hi There,
I am trying to export the data out of essbase then reload it into sql table, I right click Export, then choose "All Data", and check "Export in column format", so I get the text file. However when I try to import into sql table, it is just one big column.
What is best way to export data out of essbase then import into sql table, the idea is that I just want to export, for example, budget data, then import into sql.
Thanks

Answer 1

If you read my blog, you will see you really cannot control the format of the export except to designate one of the dense dimensions as the columns. The rest of it follows the outline. I'm going to guess that your periods dimension is what is being spread across. while you can't get the columns in the order you want. If this is still a dev cube, you could add a dense dimension with a single member and use that as your column. It would not affect the cube performance, but would affect any load rules or reports you already have.
If you need the format you describe, another suggestion would be to export it in the format you see, then put a view on top of it that unions the periods to pick up a single column of data and force a month name in it.
If your table looks like Year,scenario,dept,acct,Per1,Per2,Per3etc
then you could do a view like
Select Year,Scenario,dept,Acct,'Jan',Per1 from table where Per1 is not null
union
Select Year,Scenario,dept,Acct,'Feb',Per2 from table where Per2is not null
etc