Format of Rule-Files

We want to modify the Rule-Files (Data Load and Dimension Build) automatically depending on our metadata.For this we need a documentation of the format of the rule-files.Can anyone help us?ThanksMichael

I seriously doubt that you will be able to pull this off. What is it that you need to do that requires modifying a load rule? Can you achieve the same result by programatically writing and running calc scripts, or by scrubbing the data prior to loading into Essbase?

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I have been looking in the dbag but can't seem to find any help. When I pull my data using SQL, my member name is "I" ON, but in my rule file is delimits because of the quote to read ION. How do I get "I" ON in my rule file?

As a matter of convenience, I prefer a slightly different approach than to use the load rule to convert the "normal char" back into a "special char", in your case, I would set up a "Loader" alias table entry with the ["I" On] member having an alias of [~I~ On] in that table. The users won't use it, but it will load in fine and if you ever wanted to validate the file it becomes a little easier to spot by just making the loader alias table active.
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I'm doing a level zero column export of data and my goal is to replace '0' with '#Mi'. In the export file, years are represented in columns and data for Yr2013 begins somewhere at row 100. When I try to load the file into data prep editor for creating a rule file, the last column(Yr2013) does not show up and I'm not sure what delimiter to use. Right now, I'm using "All Spaces". I tried with .csv extension and comma delimiter too but same result.
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In case you want to remove all the unnecessary block which gets created because of '0' value.
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Hi gurus,
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Hi
1.Defining the source system from which you want to load data:
Create For a flat file, choose: File System, Manual Metadata; Data via File Interface.
2.Defining the InfoSource for which you want to load data:
Create Application Component.
Create InfoSource , Direct Update
Choose an InfoObject from the proposal list, and specify a name and a description.
3.Assigning the source system to the InfoSource
Assign Source System. You are taken automatically to the transfer structure maintenance.
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Attributes, Texts,Hierarchies (if the InfoObject has access to hierarchies)
The system automatically generates the transfer structure, the transfer rules, and the communication structure (for attributes and texts).
4.      Maintaining the transfer structure / transfer rules
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Idoc transfer method: The system automatically generates a proposal for the DataSource and the transfer structure. This consists of an entry for the InfoObject, for which hierarchies are loaded. With this transfer method, during loading, the structure is converted to the structure of the PSA, which affects performance.
PSA transfer method: The transfer methods and the communication structure are also generated here.
5.      Maintaining the hierarchy:
Choose Hierarchy Maintenance, and specify a technical name and a description of the hierarchy.
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I would like too move a parent in one of my dimensions to the bottom of that Dimension using a rule file
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But the same when opened with WordPad,we can see the data, row wise
now the destination system open the file in notepad only.
for that i tried using this Bean specified above but it is not fulfilling the requirement.
The parameters I have mentioned in FCC are as follows:
Recordset Structure : E1WBB01,E1WBB03,EAN_MASTER
NAME                                      VALUE
EAN_MASTER.fieldSeparator     ,   (comma)
EAN_MASTER.endSeparator     'nl'
E1WBB03.fieldSeparator            ,
E1WBB03.endSeparator             'nl'
E1WBB01.fieldSeparator            ,
E1WBB01.endSeparator             'nl'
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I have a task to import dimension and member into Essbase, for project requirement, I have to use text file or spreadsheet file.
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I tried to create them, failed.
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I hope rule file is in the database directory (By default it will get saved there only)
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What are you planning to resolve? Which format has the printing issue?
What other print options you want to use in addition to the forcetoblack?
Please provide samples and steps to reproduce the problem. Thx
Edited by: AutoVueAU_2 on Oct 27, 2012 9:43 PM

Building shared members using rules file

How to build Shared members in the outline using load rule file.
I tried but it is not working correctly.

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Essbase automatically makes the second one shared.
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http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E10530_01/doc/epm.931/esb_dbag.pdf
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Unable to create rule file

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I had a similar issue in the past,
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I am loading sorted data for one of the dimension. But its is not coming in sorted fashion in outline. New member which i am adding is always coming in The end.Even though that member is in sorted format in the file.
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