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DifferencebetweenASO&BSO?

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Answer:
HerearefewdifferencesbetweenASOandBSOEssbasesystemhastwodistinctstorageoptions
AggregateStorageOption(ASO)andBlockStorageOption(BSO)eachonehasitsownunique
significance.
CharacteristicsofASO:
Highdimensionality.
NoCalculationscripts.
Onlyonedatabasecanbecreatedunderoneapplication.
MandatetofallowthenamingconventionsforApplicationnameasApplicationsnamesshouldnot
bemetadata,temp,log,default.
DynamictimeseriesandTimebalancepropertiesarenotavailable.
Thedimensionbuildprocessbuildsanynewmemberthenthedatawillbeerasedotherwisethe
datawillbealive.
Onlyonetypeofpartitionavailable(Transparent)
ThereisnoconceptofSparseandDensedimensions.
NoBooleanattributetag.
Onlystoredata,nevershare,labelonlydatastoragepropertiesareavailable.
CharacteristicsofBSO:
Lessnumberofdimensionsbutshowsthebusinessmodel.
SpecialfunctionalitiesforAccountsandTimedimensionslikeDynamictimeseries,Timebalance,
Variancereporting.
3typesofpartitionsReplicated,Transparent,Linked.Currencyconversionispossible.
Thereisnorestrictionofthenumberofdatabasesunderoneapplicationbutperformancecosts.
Complexcalculationscanbeachievedusingcalcscripts.
Refertohttp://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26232_01/doc.11122/esb_dbag/frameset.htm?ainaggr.html

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WhatisIncrementalDimensionalBuiltandonetimeDimensionBuilt?

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Answer:
IncrementalDimensionalBuild:Buildsandreadsfromdifferentdatasourcesfordimensionbuilds
anddelayrestructuringuntilalldatasourceshavebeenprocessed.

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WhatarethedifferenttypesofLOGFiles?

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Answer:
Somanylogfilesarethereinessbase,buttheimportantlogfilesare
1.Applicationlog
2.Essbase.log
3.Configtool.log
4.eas_install.log
5.essbaseserverinstall.log

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WhyareFiltersused?

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Answer:
Ifyouwanttograntaccesstoalldimensionsthenyouwouldntuseafilter.Justgrantreadaccess
forthedatabasetotheuserand/orgroup.Theonlyreasonyouwoulduseafilterisifyouwantedto
restrictaccess.

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Whataredenseandsparsedimensions?

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Answer:
Dense:Adimensionwhichhasthehighprobabilitythatdataexistsforeverycombinationof
dimensionmembers
Sparse:Adimensionwhichhaslowprobabilitythatdataexistsforeverycombinationofdimension
members

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WhatareFilters?

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Answer:
Filtersareusedtogivesecurityaccesstothedatavalues.

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Whatareattributes?

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Answer:
Aclassificationofamemberinadimension.Youcanselectandgroupmembersbasedontheir
associatedattributes.Youcanalsospecifyanattributewhenyouperformcalculationsanduse
calculationfunctions.Eg:ThedatabaseinSampleBasicwhichhasproductdimensionhassome
attributeslikesize,packagetype,andflavor.Wecanaddtheseattributestothedimensionswhere
wecanretrievethedatalikeforexampletoretrievecokewith8Ozwithbottles,thisisusefulfor
generatingreports.

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Whataredifferenttypesofattributes?

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Answer:
Essbasesupportstwodifferenttypesofattributes.
1.UserDefinedattributes
2.Simpleattributes
UserDefinedattributes:Theattributesthataredefinedbytheuser.
Simpleattributes:Essbasesupportssomeattributes,theyare:Boolean,date,number,andstring.

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WhatisTBFirstandTBLast?

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Answer:
TBFirst:intheSample.Basicdatabase,theaccountsmemberOpeningInventoryistaggedasTB
First.OpeningInventoryconsolidatesthevalueofthefirstmonthineachquarterandusesthat
valueforthatmonthsparent.Forexample,thevalueforQtr1isthesameasthevalueforJan.
TBLast:intheSample.Basicdatabase,theaccountsmemberEndingInventoryistaggedasTB
Last.EndingInventoryconsolidatesthevalueforthelastmonthineachquarterandusesthatvalue
forthatmonthsparent.Forexample,thevalueforQtr1isthesameasthevalueforMar.

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Whatiscustomdefinedfunction?

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Answer:
EssbasecalculationfunctionsthatyoudevelopintheJavaprogramminglanguageandthenaddto
thestandardEssbasecalculationscriptinglanguagebymeansofMaxL.

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Whatiscustombasedmacro?

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Answer:
EssbasemacrosthatwewritewithEssbasecalculatorfunctionsandspecialmacrofunctions.
Customdefinedmacrosuseaninternalessbasemacrolanguagethatenablesyoutocombine
calculationfunctionandoperateonmultipleinputparameters.

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Whatdoyoumeanbydirtyblock?

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Answer:
Adatablockcontainingcellsthathavebeenchangedsincethelastcalculation.Upperlevelblocks
aremarkedasdirtyiftheirchildblocksaredirty(thatis,havebeenupdated)

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Whendowegenerallyusebuildrulesfiles?

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Answer:
Toautomatetheprocessofcreatingdimensionswithmoremembers,whereitwilltakealotoftime
increatingmanually.

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Whatarethethreeprimarybuildmethodsforbuildingdimensions?

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Answer:
1.Generationreferences
2.Levelreferences
3.ParentChildreferences
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TypesofPartitionsavailableinEssbase?
HFM
Planning

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Educateme

Answer:
HOTESSBASEJOBS
Threetypesofpartitionsarethere.
1.Transparentpartition:Aformofsharedpartitionthatprovidestheabilitytoaccessandmanipulate
remotedatatransparentlyasthoughitispartofyourlocaldatabase.Theremotedataisretrieved
fromthedatasourceeachtimeyourequestit.Anyupdatesmadetothedataarewrittenbacktothe
datasourceandbecomeimmediatelyaccessibletobothlocaldatatargetusersandtransparent
datasourceusers
2.ReplicatedPartition:
3.LinkedPartition:

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HowcanyoudisplayUDAsinreports?

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Answer:
UDAsvaluesareneverdisplayedinthereportsandhencedonotimpactreportperformance.

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Canwehavemultipledatabasesinonesingleapplication?

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Answer:
Yes.Butonlyonedatabaseperapplicationisrecommended.
Dependonwhichdatabasethatyouaregoingtocreate.ForExample:IfyouarecreatingASOthen
wecantcreatemorethat1dbperapplication.IfyouarecreatingBSOthenyoucancreatemore
than1dbperapplication

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HowisdatastoredintheEssbasedatabase?

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Answer:
EssbaseisanfilebaseddatabasewherethedataisstoredinPAGfilesof2GBeachandgrows
sequentially.

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AcustomerwantstoruntwoinstancesofanEssbaseserveronasamemachinetohave
bothtestenvironmentandDevelopmentenvironmentonthesameserver.Canhedothat?

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Answer:
Yes.WecanhavemultipleinstancesofanEssbaseserveronasinglemachineandtherewillbe
differentsetsofwindowsservicesforalltheseinstances.

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Whytopdowncalculationlessefficientthanabottomupcalculation?Beinglessefficient,
whydoweusethem

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Answer:
Intheprocessitcalculatesmoreblocksthanisnecessary.Sometimesitisnecessarytoperform
topdowncalculationtogetthecorrectcalculationresults.

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WhatisDataCahce?

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Answer:
Thedatacacheisabufferinmemorythatholdsuncompresseddatablocks.Essbase
allocatesmemorytothedatacacheduringdataload,calculation,andretrieval
operations,asneeded

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WhatistheDifferencebetweentheDataCacheandDataFileCache?

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Answer:
Thedatacacheisabufferinmemorythatholdsuncompresseddatablocks.Essbaseallocates
memorytothedatacacheduringdataload,calculation,andretrievaloperations,asneededThe
datafilecacheisabufferinmemorythatholdscompresseddatafiles(.pagfiles).
Essbaseallocatesmemorytothedatafilecacheduringdataload,calculation,andretrievaloperations,
asneeded.ThedatafilecacheisusedonlywhendirectI/Oisineffect.

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WhatistheSizeofyourcube?

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WhatarethedifferentstoragepropertiesinEssbase?

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Answer:
StoreStorethedatavaluewiththemember
DynamicCalcandStoreNotcalculatethedatavalueuntilauserrequestsit,andthenstorethedata
value.
DynamicCalcNotcalculatethedatavalueuntilauserrequestsit,andthendiscardthedatavalue.
Nevershare(Impliedsharing)
Implicitsharingisdisabledwiththis
Implicitsharingoccurswhenaparenthasonlyonechildorwhenaparenthassomanychildsbutonly
onechildisconsolidatedtotheparent
LabelonlyLabelonlymembershavenodataassociatedwiththem.Usethemtogroup
membersortoeasenavigationandreportingfromtheEssbaseSpreadsheetAddinforExcel.willnot
haveattributes
SharedmemberSharevaluesbetweenmembers.Forexample,intheSampleBasicdatabase,the
10020memberis
storedunderthe100parentandsharedunderDietparent.

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WhatisthedifferencebetweenDynamiccalcandDynamicCalcandStore?

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Answer:
dynmiccalcdynamicallycalculatesdatawhentheuserrequests
dynamiccalcandstoredynamicclacansstoredatadynamicallycalculatesforthefirsttimeandthen
storesafterthat
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DifferenttypesofDimensionBuilding?

Answer:
parentchild
levelreferenc
generationreference

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WhatisLabelonly?Givethetheexampleofit?

Answer:
Labelonlyisthememberpropertygiventoamemberwhichcontainsnodatavaluesusedfor
groupingmemebersforeasynavigation

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DifferencebetweencalcallandCalcDim?

Answer:
calcallcalculatestheentiredatabaseacrossthedimensions
inthebelowoder
accounts
time
dense
sparse
twopass
topreventthiswecanusecalcdimandspecifytheorderofthedimensions

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WhatisCommitBlock?

Answer:
numberofblocksmodifiedbeforeasynchronizationpointoccurs
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