Build your first outline

That's it! Your brain is just chocked full of Essbase database outline knowledge. Let's build an Essbase database outline using the EAS.

Within EAS, perform the following tasks:

Double-click, to expand in the EAS, on ESSBASE Severs then Applications then ESSCAR (Application) then ESSCAR (database) and finally Outline. The ESSCAR database outline is opened in the Essbase Outline Editor as shown in screenshot below. Remember, as we said before, this is basically a placeholder outline created for you by Essbase when you created the new database.

Your job is to now build this outline into a fully functioning Essbase database outline that will support a real database.

The steps to add dimensions and members to an Essbase database ...

Get Oracle Essbase 9 Implementation Guide now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.