Settings for Oracle Essbase Connection

Use this dialog to connect to Oracle Essbase.

Option Description
Server

The name of the server where your data is located. Add the port number directly after the name preceded by colon.

Example: myDatabaseServer:1234

Username The username you wish to use when logging into the Oracle Essbase database.
Password The password for the specified username.
Connect Connects you to the specified server and populates the lists of available applications and databases.
Application Select the application of interest from the drop-down list.
Database Select the database of interest from the drop-down list.
Alias table Allows you to select which alias table to get the names from.

An alias table maps the original member name to a more user friendly name, or they could contain long or short versions of a name.

Select 'Do not use aliases' to get the original member names.

Show both member name and alias Select this check box to show both the member name and an alias name in the UI, separated by comma. For example, you could show both a product ID and the product name like this: PNO2345, Fruit drink