Using HAL to build Essbase from Enterprise

Has anyone used HAL to update an Essbase cube with data and metadata from Enterprise. This update would include updating dimensions. I'm looking for a replacement to Enterprise Link as it doesn't work with Enterprise 5.5Thanks,Nate

Our company tried to use HAL to extract data from Enterprise and load into Essbase. We had a Hyeprion consultant spend a week trying to set this up for us. Finally after many frustrating attempts and numerous calls to the Hyperion Help line, the consultant informed us that the Enterprise building block for HAL does not work and we would have to use a work around. To make matters worse, Hyperion then billed our company for the time the consultant spent to find out that there was a problem with the software. As far as I know the problem with the Enterprise building block has not been fixed.

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I am trying to find out why the Enterprise Resources are greyed out when I try to build an Enterprise Team for a project?
Starting from Project Server, I open a project in Project Pro. Then go to Resource..Add Resources..Build Enterprise Team. In the Build Team window, the Enterprise Resources are greyed out and I am unable to add them to be Project Resources.
Any ideas?

David --
To add to the excellent replies from Guillaume, if you are a member of the Project Managers group, you should be able to add resources to your project team (the resources should not be grayed out in the Build Team dialog). This is assuming, however,
that your Project Server administrator has not edited the default permissions in the Project Managers group or in the My Organization and My Projects categories that are part of the Project Managers group.
Assuming that your Project Server administrator has NOT modified the permissions in the default Project Managers group, the other action that can cause your problem is if you are members of MULTIPLE security Groups, and in at least one of those Groups, your
Project Server administrator has set a Denied value on one, two, or all three of the permissions that Guillaume references in his first post.
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Dale A. Howard [MVP]

Using HAL to generate XML files

Greetings, I'd like to use HAL to build XML files and feeding certain variables while these files are generated. When the XML file is done being created, it will contain the variables passed. There are over 500 XML required to be build and for each of these files, only 2 or 3 variables must be passed to them. A template of the xml file was created using the Batch scheduler from Hyperion Reports, and this is the file I'd like to use as a template and build a HAL adapter based on that file. Does any one have a sample of the XML adapter (via screen shot) that I can use a starting guide? Many thanks in advance for your time.

Hi,
I'm running into the same problem deploying the classes generated by the class generator. Code works fine from JDeveloper, but had to put my DTD in the directory where my classes are. Deploying the classes with Apache's JServ gives me a NullPointer exception on the first addNode method. I guess it can't find the DTD. I tried to put the DTD in many locations but this didn't fix the problem. Any suggestions?
Steve,
Did you fix this problem? Thanx!
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Building report from PL/SQL cursor

Hello,
is there any way to build APEX report using just PL/SQL cursor?
I don't have grant to SELECT from views or tables, but I can use some functions returning row types and cursors. I know I can use them to build table from scratch with htp.p etc., but it’s not very nice. I want to do it using APEX reporting with filtering and pagination functionality.
Is it possible?
Regards,
Przemek

Apologies for the delay, I was out of the office.
Below is a package serving as the basis for creating a view based on a pipelined function. The package is just a skeleton and will not compile in its current form, you will need to go through it filling in the blanks as described by the comments.
If you want some control over what rows are returned by the view from a larger result set, use the set_parameters function in the WHERE clause, E.G.:
select * from really_big_complicated_slow_view where 1 = view_pkg.set_parameters(something_that_reduces_the_view_result_set_size);
Or, a more concrete example:
select result_text from view_to_convert_to_csv where 1 = view_pkg.set_parameters(pi_table => 'my_table', pi_where = 'whatever');
In the spirit of full disclosure, I got the idea for using the "set_parameters" function in the view WHERE clause from a post or blog somewhere a couple of years ago but have lost track of who actually deserves the credit for the good idea.
-Tom
create or replace package demo_vw as
-- Package to serve as the basis for a view based on a function
-- Customize this record so that it represents a row from this view...
type row_type is record (
-- record fields here
type table_type is table of row_type;
-- This function is used in the DDL to define the view, for example:
-- create or replace view my_view (col1, col2, ..., colN) as
-- select * from table(my_view_vw.get_view);
function get_view
return table_type
pipelined;
-- Customize this function header to accept the parameters for this view, if
-- any. If this view does not require any parameters, the set_parameters
-- function may be deleted.
-- This function should always return 1 and is called as follows
-- select <whatever>
-- from my_view
-- where 1 = my_view_vw.set_parameters(p1, p2, p3, ..., pN);
function set_parameters (pi_whatever1 in whatever,
pi_whateverN in whatever)
return number;
end demo_vw;
show error package demo_vw
create or replace package body demo_vw as
-- Customize this list of private global variables to match the parameters
-- required by the view. These variables are set, reset, and validated by
-- set_parameters, reset_parameters, and valid_parameters respectively...
g_var1 whatever;
g_varN whatever;
function set_parameters (pi_whatever1 in whatever,
pi_whateverN in whatever)
return number
is
-- Customize this function header to accept the parameters for this view, if
-- any. If this view does not require any parameters, the set_parameters
-- function may be deleted.
-- This function should always return 1 and is called as follows
-- select col1, col2, ..., colN
-- from my_view
-- where 1 = my_view_vw.set_parameters(p1, p2, p3, ..., pN);
begin
g_var1 := pi_whatever1;
g_varN := pi_whateverN;
return 1;
end set_parameters;
function valid_parameters
return boolean
is
-- Customize...
-- Assumes that set_parameters has been called to set the value of the view
-- parameters.
l_valid boolean := true;
begin
return l_valid;
end valid_parameters;
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is
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begin
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g_varN := null;
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l_row row_type;
begin
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pipe row (l_row);
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reset_parameters;
exception
when others then
reset_parameters;
raise;
end get_view;
end demo_vw;
show error package body demo_vw
create or replace view demo
as
select * from table(demo_vw.get_view);

Building index from multiple master and child relationship tables

Hello,
My question is:
Is it possible to create the index for master and child tables?
If yes, can you please point me out to any links or give me an example.
Actually i just followed this below link to create the index using multiple tables
Building index from multiple tables for text search
I am able to create the index using above link,but problem accured , when i search for one master data column value then it is returning many rows with same master data for each child row.
for example
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a.conc_program_name,
a.conc_program_desc,
b.param_name
FROM a_master a, b_child b
WHERE b.report_dtls_id = a.report_id
AND CONTAINS (a.dummy, 'PAY') > 0
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PAY Master A
PAY Master B
PAY Master C
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Another doubt is ,i have the column value like p_consolidation_set_id,when i give this in CONTAINS (a.dummy, 'p_consolidation_set_id') > 0 ,then not able to get the any results.
please let me what shall i do for this issue.
Thanks
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user496798

There are various ways to concatenate the values. One nice generic solution is to use Tom Kyte's stragg function:
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:2196162600402
If p_consolidation_set_id is a variable name, not a value, then do not put quotes around it.
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Barbara Boehmer

Associating member attributes using HAL in Essbase and Planning

Has anyone used HAL 7.0 to associate member attributes using either the Essbase Adapter or Planning Adapter? We are trying to upload the attributes to the members using a flat file but there isn't very good documentation in the HAL user guide regarding this. Any help would be appreciated.ThanksChris

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Delete Members from Planning web Using HAL

Hi All,
I have loaded approx 150 members under a Custom dimension (Customer..All of them are level 0 with never share property) using HAL. I haven't refreshed to essbase. Now I would like to delete these all 150 members and need to load fresh customer dimension members.
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Please suggest
Thanks
Madan

Yes it can be done with HAL, you would just supply the parent,member a source file and then set the operation port to "Delete Descendants"
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Parent,Child,Operation
Acc1,Acc12,Delete Descendants
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John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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Theoretically, may be used Warehouse Builder instead of Enterprise Link?

Theoretically, may be used Oracle Warehouse Builder instead of Oracle BAM Enterprise Link?
Interestingly, what are the Oracle plans on improving BAM Enterprise Link? Is it possible to include Enterprise Link functionality into Warehouse Builder?
I will be pleasure for any answers and thoughts.
With best wishes,
Sergey G.

Yes. We are looking at both the BPEL Process Manager as well as the Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) product as additional options to Enterprise Link. However, for the official plans around this, please contact [email protected] (Product Manager).
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[svn] 4463: Use svn: ignore to suppress some new build output from appearing in 'svn status'.

Revision: 4463
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2009-01-08 18:33:41 -0800 (Thu, 08 Jan 2009)
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Couldn't copy large amount of data from enterprise DB to Oracle 10g

Hi,
I am using i-batis to copy data from enterprise DB to oracle and viceversa.
The datatype of a field on EDB is 'text' and the datatype on oracle is 'SYS.XMLTYPE'
i am binding these to a java string property in a POJO to bind values.
I could successfully copy limited amount of data from EDB to oracle but if there is more data, i am getting the following exceptions with different oracle drivers ( but i could read large amount of data from EDB):
--- Cause: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-01461: can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column
at com.ibatis.sqlmap.engine.mapping.statement.MappedStatement.executeUpdate(MappedStatement.java:107)
at com.ibatis.sqlmap.engine.impl.SqlMapExecutorDelegate.update(SqlMapExecutorDelegate.java:457)
at com.ibatis.sqlmap.engine.impl.SqlMapSessionImpl.update(SqlMapSessionImpl.java:90)
at com.ibatis.sqlmap.engine.impl.SqlMapClientImpl.update(SqlMapClientImpl.java:66)
at com.aqa.pojos.OstBtlData.updateOracleFromEdbBtlWebservice(OstBtlData.java:282)
at com.aqa.pojos.OstBtlData.searchEdbAndUpdateOracleBtlWebservice(OstBtlData.java:258)
com.ibatis.common.jdbc.exception.NestedSQLException:
--- The error occurred in com/aqa/sqlmaps/SQLMaps_OSTBTL_Oracle.xml.
--- The error occurred while applying a parameter map.
--- Check the updateOracleFromEDB-InlineParameterMap.
--- Check the parameter mapping for the 'btlxml' property.
--- Cause: java.sql.SQLException: setString can only process strings of less than 32766 chararacters
at com.ibatis.sqlmap.engine.mapping.statement.MappedStatement.executeUpdate(MappedStatement.java:107)
at com.iba
I have latest oracle 10g jdbc drivers.
remember, i could copy any amount of data from oracle to EDB but not otherway around.
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CK.

Hi,
I finally remembered how I solved this issue previously.
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begin
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE sqlMap
PUBLIC "-//ibatis.apache.org//DTD SQL Map 2.0//EN"
"http://ibatis.apache.org/dtd/sql-map-2.dtd">
<sqlMap>
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 begin
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 end;
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an here is a simple program
package com.sg2net.jdbc;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.sql.Connection;
import oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource;
import com.ibatis.common.resources.Resources;
import com.ibatis.sqlmap.client.SqlMapClient;
import com.ibatis.sqlmap.client.SqlMapClientBuilder;
public class TestInsertXMLType {
 * @param args
 public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
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 String resource="sql-map-config-xmlt.xml";
 Reader reader= Resources.getResourceAsReader(resource);
 SqlMapClient sqlMap = SqlMapClientBuilder.buildSqlMapClient(reader);
 OracleDataSource dataSource= new OracleDataSource();
 dataSource.setUser("test");
 dataSource.setPassword("test");
 dataSource.setURL("jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl");
 Connection connection=dataSource.getConnection();
 sqlMap.setUserConnection(connection);
 AqAost aqAost= new AqAost();
 aqAost.setFileNo(3);
 aqAost.setProgramNo("prg");
 Reader ostXMLReader= Resources.getResourceAsReader("ostXML.xml");
 Reader bltXMLReader= Resources.getResourceAsReader("bstXML.xml");
 aqAost.setOstXML(readerToString(ostXMLReader));
 aqAost.setBltXML(readerToString(bltXMLReader));
 sqlMap.insert("insert", aqAost);
 connection.commit();
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 StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
 char[] buffer = new char[2048];
 int charsRead = 0;
 try {
 while ((charsRead = reader.read(buffer)) > 0) {
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 return writer.toString();
package com.sg2net.jdbc;
public class AqAost {
 private long fileNo;
 private String programNo;
 private String ostXML;
 private String bltXML;
 public long getFileNo() {
 return fileNo;
 public void setFileNo(long fileNo) {
 this.fileNo = fileNo;
 public String getProgramNo() {
 return programNo;
 public void setProgramNo(String programNo) {
 this.programNo = programNo;
 public String getOstXML() {
 return ostXML;
 public void setOstXML(String ostXML) {
 this.ostXML = ostXML;
 public String getBltXML() {
 return bltXML;
 public void setBltXML(String bltXML) {
 this.bltXML = bltXML;
I tested the insert and it works correctly
ciao,
Giovanni

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hi!
We are designing a process in which HAL is used to extract a dimension from Essbase and then loaded to another application using a load rule.
We are struggling with our attributes extraction, we have multiple attributes to an entity and when we extract it from Essbase it creates a string with a comma delimiter. Example
- Entity1, Store, +, "Attribute1,Attribute2,Attribute3",UDA1
Any ideas of how to remove the "? I have tried using formulas like Mid(String,1,Len(String)-1) - but it ignores the "
Thanks

You could run a macro in Excel's VBA editor that would extract each member of the dim and put each one in a column in a spreadsheet. The macro is ->
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x = EssVConnect("Sheet1", "admin", "password", "server", "appname", "dbname")
Set rng = Range("A1")
vt = EssVGetMemberInfo("Sheet1", "dimName", 2, False)
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rng.Value = vt(i)
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Next
End If
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How to use JAPI to Access Essbase 6.5

Do anyone knows How to use JAPI to Access Essbase 6.5?
I was told to install Enterprise Services 7.3.1.10.
But when I test eds samples, I can connect Essbase but can not get data from Essbase.
Need to change another Enterprise Services(I was told 7.3.1.10 is the latest version), or do some config in 7.3.1.10.
Thanks a lot in advance

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Applied OLAP, Inc

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I'm trying to use an Adaptive RFC Model I created for use in our Web Dynpros from a Portal Application project. I've created 2 DCs:
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2. A Portal Application DC, with the model DC added as a DC usage (along with the other required DCs)
Now, everything appears to work from inside NWDS. The dot operator works while editing my JSPDynPage class, and everything builds fine, but when I deploy and test in the portal, I get "package not found" errors on the actual JSP. I assume this is because the JSP is compiled at run-time. How do I expose these classes to the JSP compiler?
It's seems like using the same method to call BAPIs in Web Dynpros and Java iViews would be a good practice following SAP's "reusable code" policy, so there must be a way to do it...

Jonathan,
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The error you receive is due to missing run-time references to container classes.
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EPAM Systems
http://www.NetWeaverTeam.com

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