Update Essbase Cfg setting using MAXL or ESSCMD

Hi All,
I want to change the essbase.cfg settings using MAXL or Esscmd. Is this possible? I could figure out changing Substitution Variables but am looking forward to change settings like CALCCACHE, etc...
If yes, please let me know any insights on the same.
Thanks,
AJ.

There is no pre defined feature that allows you to do this, but if you want to override the values in .cfg file, depending on what those values are, you can just set them in your calc script, ie: CalcCache, etc. It is best to do this manually anyway, as once you finished, you will need to recycle the Essbase service for them to take effect.

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Problem with Essbase variable setting in maxl

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I have a short question about changing variables using maxl.
I used the following statement to change the variable value to 'Jan'.
alter database Testapp.Plan1 set variable TestVar Jan;
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The variable is explicitly initialized on this database (so I didn't use the 'all dbs' setting).
I just don't see where I'm going wrong. Do you guys have any idea?
Thanks for your answer :)
Mike

Hi,
Looks valid to me....
All of the following combinations work and update the variable value.
MAXL> alter database Sample.Basic set variable CurrMonth Jan;
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John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Error executing essbase report script using maxl

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V 11.1.2.1 (64 bit) on windows
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can I please have a link for Essbase.CFG setting for 11.1.1.3
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Well start at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/performance-management/documentation/index.html
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for
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Hi - how would my batch or Maxl file look like if I wanted to come out with a script to stop and start my essbase service? The reason why i am doing this is because I wanted to stop the essbase service, so that I can archive the essbase.log file.
I am on essbase 7.0, I have read on some postings that stopping and starting the essbase service can potentially corrupt the sec file. If so, then is there any other way of archive the essbase.log file so that it does not grow to megs.
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Hi,
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Hi,
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I have successfully tested CDF in Essbase v6.5.7.
Can you please answer below questions.
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How to Hide username and password in command line using maxl

Hi,
How to encript my user name and password in command line prompt when I am login to Essbase server using batch file:
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Name of the bat file AV_Assig_Var1.bat
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Essbase MaxL Shell - Release 9.3.1 (ESB9.3.1.0.0A181)
Copyright (c) 2000, 2007, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
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To download it, go to www.odtug.com, click on Tech Resources, Essbase/Hyperion, and use the search box for MaxL.
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Hello Gurus!
I am very new to Essbase.
I had Hyperion Essbase 11.1.13 installed. When I added my first essbase server from the administration services console, it was added. Yet when I tried to open it i got the following error "Error: 1042017: Network error: The client or server timed out waiting to receive data using TCP/IP. Check network connections. Increase the NetRetryCount and/or NetDelay values in the ESSBASE.CFG file. Update this file on both client and server. Restart the client and try again."
My problem is is that when I finally found the file essbase.cfg from F:\Hyperion\products\Essbase\EssbaseServer\bin, it consisted of the following:
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BPM_DB2_DriverDescriptor "MERANT OEM 5.2 32-BIT DB2 Wire Protocol"
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Also, I read in a forum post that essbase.cfg is supposed tp be located in the directory $ARBORPATH but I haven't found such a folder when I searched for it.
BTW I don't think it is exactly a network problem as I pinged the server and it worked just fine.
Any help is appreaciated. Thanks in advance :)

Thanks for response John :)
the essbase.cfg now looks like this:
; The following entry specifies the full path to JVM.DLL
JvmModuleLocation F:\Hyperion\common\JRE\Sun\1.5.0\bin\client\jvm.dll
BPM_Oracle_DriverDescriptor "MERANT OEM 5.2 32-BIT Oracle Wire Protocol"
BPM_DB2_DriverDescriptor "MERANT OEM 5.2 32-BIT DB2 Wire Protocol"
BPM_SQLServer_DriverDescriptor "MERANT OEM 5.2 32-BIT SQL Server Wire Protocol"
BPM_SQLServer_DriverDescriptor "SQL Server"
;BPM_Netezza_DriverDescriptor "NetezzaSQL"
BPM_Teradata_DriverDescriptor "Teradata"
BPM_ORACLEBI_DriverDescriptor "Oracle BI Server"
AuthenticationModule CSS
AGENTPORT 1423
SERVERPORTBEGIN 32768
SERVERPORTEND 33768
AGENTDESC hypservice_1
NETDELAY 1000
NETRETRYCOUNT 2000
is it missing something?like a semicolumn or sth?
Also, in the error msg it says:Update this file on both client and server. Restart the client and try again.
my questions are:
1- How do I update client and server
2- how do I restart the client?
Is there any reading material to help me with this?

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Copying substitution varibale using Maxl script

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Ive been trying to copy application using Maxl script in essbase to take backups. Everything gets copied except substitution variables. Could some one help me in sorting out this issue.
Is there any specific Maxl Command to copy substitution variable alone from one application to another, if so could u please share it with me.
thanks

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Update multiple rows & columns using a single statement

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aaa bbb 31
56
78
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I was thinking may be something like the following:-
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test@ora>
test@ora>
test@ora> --
test@ora> drop table t;
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test@ora> create table t as
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3 where rownum <= 10;
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test@ora>
test@ora> select x, y from t;
 X Y
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10
10 rows selected.
test@ora>
test@ora> -- You want to change the values of y to 'a' through 'j' for x = 1 through 10
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test@ora> --
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test@ora> --
test@ora> update t
2 set y = decode(x,
3 1, 'a',
4 2, 'b',
5 3, 'c',
6 4, 'd',
7 5, 'e',
8 'f');
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test@ora>
test@ora>
test@ora> select x, y from t;
 X Y
 1 a
 2 b
 3 c
 4 d
 5 e
 6 f
 7 f
 8 f
 9 f
 10 f
10 rows selected.
test@ora>
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test@ora> -- change y to 'h' if x = 8
test@ora> -- change y to 'i' if x = 9
test@ora> -- change y to 'j' if x = 10
test@ora> -- change y to 'X' otherwise
test@ora> --
test@ora>
test@ora> -- What you would do then is -
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test@ora> -- (ii) Introduce a nested decode function *AS THE 12TH COMPONENT*
test@ora> --
test@ora>
test@ora> rollback;
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test@ora>
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test@ora> update t
2 set y = decode(x,
3 1, 'a',
4 2, 'b',
5 3, 'c',
6 4, 'd',
7 5, 'e',
8 decode(x,
9 6, 'f',
10 7, 'g',
11 8, 'h',
12 9, 'i',
13 10, 'j',
14 'X')
15 );
10 rows updated.
test@ora>
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 X Y
 1 a
 2 b
 3 c
 4 d
 5 e
 6 f
 7 g
 8 h
 9 i
 10 j
10 rows selected.
test@ora>
test@ora>HTH
isotope
Extrapolate that to 255 components and you get 254 + 255 = 509 components. And so on...
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