Oracle Essbase 9 Implementation Guide Develop high-performance multidimensional analytic OLAP solutions with Oracle Essbase Sarma Anantapantula Joseph Sydney Gomez BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Oracle Essbase 9 Implementation Guide Copyright © 2009 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. 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Acquisition Editor James Lumsden Development Editor Ved Prakash Jha Technical Editors Bhupali Khule Pallavi Kachare Indexer Monica Ajmera Editorial Team Leader Akshara Aware Project Team Leader Lata Basantani Project Coordinator Rajashree Hamine Proofreader Joel T. Johnson Production Coordinator Adline Swetha Jesuthas Cover Work Adline Swetha Jesuthas This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com About the Authors Sarma Anantapantula currently works as an Essbase Consultant in the OLAP Center of Excellence at the Ford Motor Company. He has over 11 years of experience in the Software industry as a developer, designer, and administrator and has worked in various technologies involving client-server architecture, and Data Warehousing projects (tools like HOLOS and Essbase). Sarma also has expertise in web interface development (with both Microsoft and J2EE). Sarma is a board member of the Hyperion User Group ( http://www.hug-mi.org), and has presented on how Essbase is implemented at the Ford Motor Company. He has also published an article on "Executing DTS Packages from ASP" in ASP Today. Sarma is well known for his magic xes. He has a x for any kind of issue in any technology. In his free time, Sarma likes to spend time answering new technology questions in user forums. If he is not in front of computer, he will be playing ping pong or chess with family and friends. He also likes listening to The Beatles, and reading English novels. Sarma is known for being ever smiling and friendly, and can be reached at sarmaa@gmail.com. Joseph Sydney Gomez has been an Essbase developer, designer, and administrator for almost 10 years. Originally educated as a Graphic Designer in the eld of Computer Graphics Technology, Joe took a job as a mainframe Y2K bug xer and the rest is history. Joe currently works as an Essbase technical specialist and is his company's OLAP Center of Excellence lead. Not a complete computer geek, Joe also enjoys basketball, shing, bicycle riding, and photography. To ll out the picture, Joe does volunteer work at a senior citizen apartment and occasionally takes free-lance design jobs. Oh yes, Joe has a special interest in collecting antique glass telegraph insulators. Joe can be reached at jgomez16@gmail.com. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com About the Reviewer Shekar Kadur has over 23 years experience in Information Systems specically managing complete system development life cycle of projects involving Databases, Data warehousing, Business Intelligence, OLAP, SAP, and Enterprise Management Reporting applications in the automotive, nance, utility, retail, and health care industries. He is a certied PMP (Project Management Professional), a certied Hyperion instructor and a consultant procient with all Oracle and Hyperion toolsets (Essbase, Planning). He is extremely procient in project/program management of applications using Oracle, Hyperion, SAP, SAPBW, Business Objects, and Web-based technologies. He has consulted, deployed, and managed IT projects in Ford Motor Company, Ford Motor Credit Corporation (Ford Credit), General Motors, Daimler Chrysler Financial Corporation, Daimler Chrysler, Consumers Energy, Guardian Industries, Oakwood Health Systems, General Dynamics, Management Technologies Inc, TRW, Constellation Brands Inc, Johnson Controls Inc, Deloitte Consulting, and Capgemini Inc. He has delivered lectures on Data Warehousing, Datamarts, Oracle, and Hyperion toolset in Michigan, USA, and London, UK. Venkatakrishnan J is a well-known Oracle Business Intelligence expert who has diverse customer implementation experience. He has contributed over 350 technical articles through his blog http://oraclebizint.wordpress.com. He is well known for his custom integration techniques across different toolsets. He has over 7 years of Oracle Business Intelligence experience. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com . for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 20 09 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 794 23 Oracle Essbase 9 Implementation Guide Copyright © 20 09 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of. Oracle Essbase 9 Implementation Guide Develop high-performance multidimensional analytic OLAP solutions with Oracle Essbase Sarma Anantapantula Joseph Sydney. information. First published: June 20 09 Production Reference: 1 190 6 09 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. 32 Lincoln Road Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK. ISBN 97 8-1-847 196 -86-6 www.packtpub.com Cover