Developing Essbase Applications

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MaxLOut = mshExec('display database $1.$2;', ['Sample','Basic']) //

passing in args

parseMaxLDisplayX(MaxLOut).each{ println "Sample.Basic has ${it.

number_dimensions} dimensions!" }

MaxLOut = mshExec('display application all;',[]) // multi-item

display

parseMaxLDisplayX(MaxLOut).each{ println "${it.application} has

${it.number_of_databases} database(s)!" }

Included here is a function that parses the output from MaxL “display” commands

and returns a list of maps. Each map in the list contains key-value pairs drawn from the

text table embedded in MaxL’s output string. e parsing function is useful for either

technique of running MaxL commands.

9.5.11 Using Command Line Arguments and Cong File Settings

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