Essbase - Artifacts/Objects

Files that are related to Essbase - Database (cube) are called :

• artifacts
• or objects.

Database artifacts perform actions against one or more Essbase databases, such as :

• defining Essbase - Calculations
• or reporting against data.

In Essbase - Administration Services Console, database artifacts are displayed under their associated applications or database in the Essbase - Enterprise View tree.

Essbase provides the following common types:

• A database Essbase - Outline (Database Outline) (a storage structure definition)
• Essbase - Data Source
• Rules for loading data and building dimensions dynamically (Essbase - Rules File)
• Scripts that define how to calculate data (Essbase - Calculation Script)
• Scripts that generate reports on data (Report Script)
• Security definitions
• Linked reporting objects (Linked reporting objects (LRO))
• Partition definitions
• Essbase - Spreadsheet Queries artifact
• Member Select Definitions
• Triggers
• …

Some of these artifacts are optional, such as Essbase - Calculation Script and Linked reporting objects (LRO).

By default, artifacts are stored in their associated Essbase - Database (cube) folder on the Essbase - Servers, and can also be saved to a client computer or to other available network directories. You cannot, however, load data or calculate data on a client computer.

• Application and Database File Types.