What is Essbase.ini , Essbase.id, Essadmin.ini

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Essbase.ini
Spreadsheet options are per worksheet. However, the options set in the Global tab are for all sheets. The Essbase.ini holds these user settings. The sheet will override these settings if 1) the sheet has other values already set (from a prior change and save) and 2) the user changes these settings, in which case it SHOULD be page specific. Any changes from the default settings will modify the .ini file whether the sheet is saved or not.
The bottom line here is the following: If we open up a saved template, any subsequent NEW template created after doing so will utilize the Options for that previous template even if Excel is closed. This is the case for all versions of Essbase. Therefore, if we close out of Excel completely and open up a NEW sheet, we will also utilize the settings that were used last by this user. If you want to know what the default options that are provided, just rename the Essbase.ini file before Excel startup.
Theoretically, yes this should be possible. An issue might arise with the sheet options, though (such as #Missing settings, etc). This is set on a per-sheet basis, and any changes from the default settings will modify the .ini file. But this file doesn't make specific references to the machine on which it's located, so it should be portable.
Essbase tracked some client information using the file essbase.ini
Engineering confirmed that unfortunately pre-Essbase 6.5 there is no way to set the essbase.ini to be written somewhere else other then your c:\winnt.
Essbase.id
Essbase uses an unique key, Essbase.id, created on the client machine in the C:\WINNT directory, plus the user id as the seeds to identify the number of ports needed. You cannot create the essbase.id file manually; it has to be created by Essbase.
The first time that you install/use a client on a machine, the essbase.id is created and you do require read/write privileges to do this.
Thereafter, only read privileges are required.
The essbase.id file cannot be moved from the \winnt (or \windows) folder, this location is hard-coded in the Essbase code.
The Essbase.id contains information to distinguish ports.
It is used to manage ports.
Essadmin.ini
When you login from Application manager for the first time it creates the essadmin.ini file.

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943380, I'm not picking on you, and I am glad you found an answer to your issue. My ire is saved for whoever thought that a blog equals copying knowledgebase articles from Oracle Support and sticking it on his blog. Why oh why oh why do I even bother paying support? And I suppose why oh why oh why do I kill myself writing blog content when I could just "borrow" it word for word from Oracle?
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