Developing Essbase Applications: Advanced Techniques for Finance and IT Professionals

by Lackpour; Cameron

• ISBN13: 9781466553309
• ISBN10: 1466553308
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-06-13
• Publisher: Auerbach Public

Summary

Essbase is a powerful tool used to build useful analytical models, reporting systems, and forecasting applications. This book represents a group effort from some of the most experienced Essbase practitioners from around the world. Infrastructure, data sourcing and transformation, database design, calculations, automation, APIs, reporting, and project implementation are covered by experts who specialize in the tools and techniques on a day-to-day basis. The book includes practical cases that stem from the authors' decades of combined experience.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
What Is This Book?	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xv
Building the Foundation: Essbase Infrastructure	p. 1
Slay Bad Data in Essbase	p. 23
Finding the Dirt: Tricks for Rapid Prototyping with Essbase Studio	p. 71
BSO Will Never Die and Here Is Why	p. 113
BSO Is Dead. Long Live ASO (Converting BSO to ASO)	p. 143
Practical MDX for Essbase Developers	p. 185
How ASO Works and How to Design for Performance	p. 225
Deep Inside the Essbase Java API	p. 275
System Automation the Groovy Way	p. 313
Advanced Smart View	p. 351
How to Successfully Manage an Essbase System	p. 373
Postscript	p. 407
Index	p. 409
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