Preparing the Essbase Environment

How to:

The Adapter for Essbase minimally requires the installation of the Essbase Client. The Essbase Client allows you to connect to a local or remote Essbase Database Server.

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Procedure: How to Prepare the Environment on Microsoft Windows

On Microsoft Windows, the Essbase environment is set up during the installation of Essbase.

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Procedure: How to Prepare the Environment on UNIX

Using the UNIX environment variable $ARBORPATH, specify the location of the Essbase Server you wish to access.

Example: Specifying ARBORPATH on UNIX

To set the home directory for the Essbase Client to /usr/essbase, specify:

ARBORPATH=/usr/essbase
export ARBORPATH
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