MaxL question

Question

Hi There,
I have MaxL to load data into the essbase:
import database Finance.Finance data
connect as "password" identified by "password"
using server rules_file FinanceRule
on error write to "d:\\log\\hDataLoad.err" ;
It works without any issue. But how can I call TWO rule files, I try something like this:
import database Finance.Finance data
connect as "password" identified by "password"
using server rules_file FinanceRule
using server rules_file FinanceRule2
on error write to "d:\\log\\hDataLoad.err" ;
But I got error, how do I execute two rule files?
Many thanks

Answer 1

Robert's right, you have to use two import statements:
import database Finance.Finance data connect as "password" identified by "password" using server rules_file FinanceRule on error write to "d:\\loghDataLoad.err" ;
import database Finance.Finance data connect as "password" identified by "password" using server rules_file FinanceRule on error append to "d:\\loghDataLoad.err" ;
I think you can use the append keyword to continue on with the same error file if you want. I would personally prefer to to have two error files as they are two separate processes.
Also note that if you're doing an incremental dimension build, you can string together rules files. See: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12825_01/epm.111/esb_techref/maxl_imp_dims.htm for an example.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour