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ORACLE® HYPERION PROVIDER SERVICES RELEASE 11.1.1 ADMINISTRATION GUIDE Provider Services Administration Guide, 11.1.1 Copyright © 2005, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Authors: EPM Information Development Team This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish or display any part, in any form, or by any means. Reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of this software, unless required by law for interoperability, is prohibited. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error-free. If you find any errors, please report them to us in writing. If this software or related documentation is delivered to the U.S. Government or anyone licensing it on behalf of the U.S. Government, the following notice is applicable: U.S. GOVERNMENT RIGHTS: Programs, software, databases, and related documentation and technical data delivered to U.S. Government customers are "commercial computer software" or "commercial technical data" pursuant to the applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation and agency-specific supplemental regulations. As such, the use, duplication, disclosure, modification, and adaptation shall be subject to the restrictions and license terms set forth in the applicable Government contract, and, to the extent applicable by the terms of the Government contract, the additional rights set forth in FAR 52.227-19, Commercial Computer Software License (December 2007). Oracle USA, Inc., 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065. This software is developed for general use in a variety of information management applications. It is not developed or intended for use in any inherently dangerous applications, including applications which may create a risk of personal injury. If you use this software in dangerous applications, then you shall be responsible to take all appropriate fail-safe, backup, redundancy and other measures to ensure the safe use of this software. Oracle Corporation and its affiliates disclaim any liability for any damages caused by use of this software in dangerous applications. This software and documentation may provide access to or information on content, products and services from third parties. Oracle Corporation and its affiliates are not responsible for and expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind with respect to third party content, products and services. Oracle Corporation and its affiliates will not be responsible for any loss, costs, or damages incurred due to your access to or use of third party content, products or services. Contents Chapter 1. Provider Services Overview ..................................................... 5 Provider Services Introduction ............................................ 5 Java API ............................................................. 6 Smart View ........................................................... 7 XML for Analysis ...................................................... 8 Embedded Java Container (Apache Tomcat) .................................. 8 EPM System .......................................................... 9 Provider Services Documentation .......................................... 9 Chapter 2. Administering Provider Services ................................................ 11 Administering Provider Services .......................................... 11 Adding Provider Services ............................................. 11 Editing the Authenticating Essbase Server ................................. 12 Removing Provider Services .......................................... 12 Connecting to a Stand-alone Essbase Server ............................... 13 Connecting to Provider Services ........................................ 13 Monitoring Sessions ................................................ 14 Specifying Session Timeout ........................................... 14 Specifying Maximum Rows and Columns ................................. 15 Automatically Deploying Client Upgrades ................................ 15 Configuration Options in essbase.properties .................................. 16 Configuring essbase.properties ........................................ 16 olap.server.netConnectRetry .......................................... 17 olap.server.netDelay ................................................ 17 olap.server.netRetryCount ............................................ 18 olap.server.netSocketTimeOut ......................................... 18 Clustering .......................................................... 18 Chapter 3. Working with XMLA ......................................................... 21 Key Features ......................................................... 21 Methods ............................................................ 21 Discover ......................................................... 22 Contents iii Execute ......................................................... 25 XMLA Rowsets ....................................................... 27 CATALOGS Rowset ................................................ 27 MDSCHEMA_CUBES Rowset ......................................... 29 MDSCHEMA_DIMENSIONS Rowset ................................... 31 MDSCHEMA_FUNCTIONS Rowset .................................... 33 MDSCHEMA_HIERARCHIES Rowset ................................... 35 MDSCHEMA_MEASURES Rowset ..................................... 38 MDSCHEMA_MEMBERS Rowset ...................................... 40 MDSCHEMA_PROPERTIES Rowset .................................... 44 MDSCHEMA_SETS Rowset .......................................... 47 MDSCHEMA_LEVELS Rowset ........................................ 48 DISCOVER_SCHEMA_ROWSETS Rowset ............................... 50 DISCOVER_DATASOURCES Rowset ................................... 51 DISCOVER_PROPERTIES Rowset ..................................... 51 DISCOVER_ENUMERATORS Rowset .................................. 53 DISCOVER_KEYWORDS Rowset ...................................... 55 DISCOVER_LITERALS Rowset ........................................ 56 Flattened Rowset Examples .............................................. 57 MDX Examples ................................................... 57 XMLA Examples ................................................... 61 Chapter 4. Working with Java API ....................................................... 65 Key Features ......................................................... 65 Embedded JAPI ...................................................... 65 Chapter 5. Setting Up the Sample Programs ............................................... 69 Understanding the Sample Programs ....................................... 69 Configuring Analytic Servers ............................................. 71 Compiling and Running the Sample Programs ................................ 72 Configuring the Script Files ........................................... 72 Running the Scripts ................................................ 73 Creating Compile and Run Scripts ...................................... 74 Running Compile and Run Scripts ...................................... 74 Compatibility with Earlier Versions of Essbase Server ........................... 75 Index .............................................................. 77 iv Contents 1 Provider Services Overview In This Chapter Provider Services Introduction.....................................................................................................5 Java API..............................................................................................................................6 Smart View...........................................................................................................................7 XML for Analysis.....................................................................................................................8 Embedded Java Container (Apache Tomcat).....................................................................................8 EPM System.........................................................................................................................9 Provider Services Documentation .................................................................................................9 Provider Services Introduction Oracle Hyperion Provider Services is a middle-tier data-source provider to Oracle Essbase for Java API, Oracle Hyperion Smart View for Office, Fusion Edition, and XMLA clients and to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Oracle Hyperion Planning, Fusion Edition for Smart View. Provider Services supports highly concurrent analytical scenarios and provides scalability and reliability in a distributed Web-enabled enterprise environment. Figure 1 illustrates the relationship of Provider Services to Essbase, and Planning and to its Java API, Smart View, and XMLA clients. Provider Services Introduction 5 Figure 1 Provider Services Architecture Java API Java API is available in embedded and three-tier deployments. Both provide a 100% Java implementation. With a complete Java solution, platform independence is achieved. Embedded Java API is provided through .jar files and related property files that a Java API
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