How to get essbase substitution variable in ODI

Hi All,
I have a problem that I need to get the substitution variable from Essbase /EAS to work on some SQL statement in ODI.
How can I do in ODI ???
Thanks for all ..
Thomas

Hi,
If you read my blog post :- http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/2009/11/odi-series-planning-11113-enhancements.html
In the post there is a section on retrieving essbase substitution variables and using them in ODI.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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Is it possible to read Essbase Substitution variables from ODI?

Hi,
You can do it with custom code, if you have a read of a blog I wrote :- http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/2009/11/odi-series-planning-11113-enhancements.html
About half way through I go into reading essbase sub vars using the essbase java API.
Cheers
John
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Setting Essbase substitution variable thru ODI

Hello Friends,
We have some procedures in ODI that call maxl scripts to unlock app, clear data and agg. But how do we set Substitution variable in Essbase?
Any feedbacks are appreciate...
Thank You.

Thanks John.
- We created a maxl script with the statement below
alter system set variable 'ActMon' 'Feb';
- Created a procedure in ODI to call the maxl
the procedure is working...but we still have to manually edit the maxl script every month to change the current month value.
How about this?
We have a oracle table in ODI schema which has month column populated. can we use that month column data and some how set the Essbase Sub var?

Changing substitution variables through ODI

Hi John!
We using ODI for loading data, before load we have to clear data.
I have 2 questions regarding this issue:
1. Can I change substitution variables through ODI
2. Can I execute BR in Essbase.cmd
Regards
Sasha

Hi,
1. You can call maxl to update the substitution variables, either using the pre-maxl options in the KMs
or you can execute an OS command through an ODI procedure
2. I am not sure what you are asking, are you asking whether you can execute BRs through ODI, if so have a read of my last blog where I covered how to do it.
You can execute BRs by using the command line launcher, have a read of the blog anyway because it goes through the command line launcher.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

11.1.1.6.11 / Essbase Substitution Variables / RPD Init Block / Dynamic Variables

11.1.1.6.11 / Essbase Substitution Variables / RPD Init Block / Dynamic Variables
How do I update the Init Block which is populated with the Essbase Substitution variables. This is dynamically created the first time I import an Essbase cube and is populated with the Substitution variables when it is first imported into the RPD. If later on new Substitution variables are added, they are not being reflected in the Init Block or its dynamic variables. I have done the re-import of the data source with no change to the Init Block Dynamic Variables. How do I get these new Substitution variables imported?
It appears that the only way is to delete it from the Physical Layer, however this deletes any changes I have made to Cube in the physical layer.

So delete it from the Physical Layer, change the Substitution Variables associated with the cube. Import it back into the physical layer. It does NOT delete existing Init Block Dynamic variables that no longer exist as Substitution variables.

Use of Essbase substitution variables in filename of a MaxL report script

Hey guys.
Is there a way that I can embed the value of one or more Essbase substitution variables in the filename of a report script in a MaxL command?
I'm running a report script that uses sub. vars for entities and accounts and based on which of those members are set in the variables I want the filenames to include those member names. I'm looking for a way to include the &varName in the filename using the export database command.
THANKS!

Not really.
If you want to do a lot of string mangling in a script outside of the report script, you can use DISPLAY VARIABLE:
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How can i use substitution variable

Hai All
This is my sql statement
SELECT (TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(Intime,'DD-MON-YYYY')||' '||
TO_CHAR(0815,'0000'),'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI')-intime) * 24*60
from dail_att where to_char(intime,'hh24mi') between 0700 and 0815 ;
Here my table name called Dailyattendance
Intime field is declared as Date Type
So now i have hardcoded 0815 and now my intime is subtracted from this time so i can calculate the employee
coming late so how can i use substitution variable here to give the value at run time
Ie i need to give 0815 instead or any other time at runtime
Thanks In advance
Srikkanth.M

Where exactly are you planing to use it? Is sqlplus or at any other front end?
One way is to use below given SQL
SELECT   ( TO_DATE (   TO_CHAR (intime, 'DD-MON-YYYY')
                     || ' '
                     || TO_CHAR (:TIME_VAR, '0000'),
                     'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI'
          - intime
       * 24
       * 60
FROM dail_att
WHERE TO_CHAR (intime, 'hh24mi') BETWEEN 0700 AND 0815;*009*
Edited by: 009 on Apr 6, 2010 2:15 AM

How to get system Environment variable?

How to get system Environment variable without using jni?
just like "JAVA_HOME" or "PATH"...
Any reply is help to me!! :-)

Thx for your reply...
I get it!!!
Read environment variables from an application
Start the JVM with the "-D" switch to pass properties to the application and read them with the System.getProperty() method. SET myvar=Hello world
SET myothervar=nothing
java -Dmyvar="%myvar%" -Dmyothervar="%myothervar%" myClass
then in myClass String myvar = System.getProperty("myvar");
String myothervar = System.getProperty("myothervar");
This is useful when using a JAVA program as a CGI.
(DOS bat file acting as a CGI) java -DREQUEST_METHOD="%REQUEST_METHOD%"
-DQUERY_STRING="%QUERY_STRING%"
javaCGI
If you don't know in advance, the name of the variable to be passed to the JVM, then there is no 100% Java way to retrieve them.
NOTE: JDK1.5 provides a way to achieve this, see this HowTo.
One approach (not the easiest one), is to use a JNI call to fetch the variables, see this HowTo.
A more low-tech way, is to launch the appropriate call to the operating system and capture the output. The following snippet puts all environment variables in a Properties class and display the value the TEMP variable. import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
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|| (OS.indexOf("windows xp") > -1) ) {
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p = r.exec( "cmd.exe /c set" );
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( new InputStreamReader( p.getInputStream() ) );
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int idx = line.indexOf( '=' );
String key = line.substring( 0, idx );
String value = line.substring( idx+1 );
envVars.setProperty( key, value );
// System.out.println( key + " = " + value );
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public static void main(String args[]) {
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p.getProperty("TEMP"));
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Thanks to W.Rijnders for the W2K fix.
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I found that, on Windows 2003 server, the property value for "os.name" is actually "windows 2003." So either that has to be added to the bunch of tests or just relax the comparison strings a bit: else if ( (OS.indexOf("nt") > -1)
|| (OS.indexOf("windows 2000") > -1 )
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|| (OS.indexOf("windows xp") > -1) ) {
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|| (OS.indexOf("windows 20") > -1 ) // probably is better since no other OS would return "windows" anyway
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I started with "windows 200" but thought "what the hell" and made it "windows 20" to lengthen its longivity. You could push it further and use "windows 2," I suppose. The only thing to watch out for is to not overlap with "windows 9."
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[java]
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int idx = line.indexOf( '=' );
String key = line.substring( 0, idx );
String value = line.substring( idx+1 );
hash.put( key, value );
System.out.println( key + " = " + value );
The other solution is to send the result of the SET command to file and then read the file from Java. ...
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p = r.exec( "command.com /c set > envvar.txt" );
else if ( (OS.indexOf("nt") > -1)
|| (OS.indexOf("windows 2000") > -1
|| (OS.indexOf("windows xp") > -1) ) {
// thanks to JuanFran for the xp fix!
p = r.exec( "cmd.exe /c set > envvar.txt" );
// then read back the file
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p.load(new FileInputStream("envvar.txt"));
Thanks to JP Daviau
// UNIX
public Properties getEnvironment() throws java.io.IOException {
Properties env = new Properties();
env.load(Runtime.getRuntime().exec("env").getInputStream());
return env;
Properties env = getEnvironment();
String myEnvVar = env.get("MYENV_VAR");
To read only one variable : // NT version , adaptation for other OS is left as an exercise...
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd.exe /c echo %MYVAR%");
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader
( new InputStreamReader( p.getInputStream() ) );
String myvar = br.readLine();
System.out.println(myvar);
Java's System properties contains some useful informations about the environment, for example, the TEMP and PATH environment variables (on Windows). public class ShowSome {
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println("TEMP : " + System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"));
System.out.println("PATH : " + System.getProperty("java.library.path"));
System.out.println("CLASSPATH : " + System.getProperty("java.class.path"));
System.out.println("SYSTEM DIR : " +
System.getProperty("user.home")); // ex. c:\windows on Win9x system
System.out.println("CURRENT DIR: " + System.getProperty("user.dir"));
Here some tips from H. Ware about the PATH on different OS.
PATH is not quite the same as library path. In unixes, they are completely different---the libraries typically have their own directories. System.out.println("the current value of PATH is: {" +
p.getProperty("PATH")+"}");
System.out.println("LIBPATH: {" +
System.getProperty("java.library.path")+"}");
gives the current value of PATH is:
{/home/hware/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:
/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/hware/linux-bin:/usr/openwin/bin/:/usr/games/:
/usr/local/games:/usr/ccs/lib/:/usr/new:/usr/sbin/:/sbin/:/usr/hosts/:
/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/bin/X11/:/usr/local/bin/X11:
/usr/bin/pbmplus:/usr/etc/:/usr/dt/bin/:/usr/lib:/usr/lib/lp/postscript:
/usr/lib/nis:/usr/share/bin:/usr/share/bin/X11:
/home/hware/work/cdk/main/cdk/../bin:/home/hware/work/cdk/main/cdk/bin:.}
LIBPATH:
{/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386:/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/native_threads:
/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/client:/usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/lib/i386:/usr/lib:/lib}
on my linux workstation. (java added all those execpt /lib and /usr/lib). But these two lines aren't the same on window either:
This system is windows nt the current value of PATH is:
{d:\OrbixWeb3.2\bin;D:\jdk1.3\bin;c:\depot\cdk\main\cdk\bin;c:\depot\
cdk\main\cdk\..\bin;d:\OrbixWeb3.2\bin;D:\Program
Files\IBM\GSK\lib;H:\pvcs65\VM\win32\bin;c:\cygnus
\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\bin;d:\cfn\bin;D:\orant\bin;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;
C:\Program Files\Dell\OpenManage\Resolution Assistant\Common\bin;
d:\Program Files\Symantec\pcAnywhere;
C:\Program Files\Executive Software\DiskeeperServer\;C:\Program Files\Perforce}
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c:\depot\cdk\main\cdk\bin;c:\depot\cdk\main\cdk\..\bin;
d:\OrbixWeb3.2\bin;D:\Program Files\IBM\GSK\lib;
H:\pvcs65\VM\win32\bin;c:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\bin;d:\cfn\bin;
D:\orant\bin;C:\WINNT\system32;
C:\WINNT;C:\Program Files\Dell\OpenManage\ResolutionAssistant\Common\bin;
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Thanks !

An example of a Java application that does this is Ant, when you add a line like this in your build.xml:

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I have created a calc script to export data using DATAEXPORT, and to define the filename an essbase variable.
Here all right
I copy this code to a business rules to run it from a business rules, but I have a problem with the essbase variable, when I validate it, it gives me the error:
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testing formatting ...
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Hi,
Sorry for delayed response. Appreciate your inputs. At last I have found out the solution which is as below----
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