[ 20 ]Installing Essbase Administration Services Now that you have installed the Essbase analytic server, you need a tool which will enable you to play with your Essbase databases commo
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Installing Essbase Administration
Services
Now that you have installed the Essbase analytic server, you need a tool which will enable you to play with your Essbase databases (commonly referred to as cubes)
as you create, configure, and maintain them The tool used for this purpose is called Essbase Administration Services In earlier versions of Essbase, this tool is known
as the Application manager or just App manager
Essbase databases are commonly called cubes after the Rubik's Cube style structure of how the data is conceptually stored
The EAS user interface runs on any client and that is where you will install the
software The EAS talks to the Essbase service using TCP/IP and a web-based server The servers recommended by Oracle are Tomcat, WebLogic, WebSphere, and Oracle Application Server To simplify matters, Oracle includes a small Tomcat server with the installation package of the EAS service In our example, we will be installing
Tomcat as our administration server on the client with the EAS installation:
1 To get started, double-click the EAS executable file setup which is supplied
by Oracle Wouldn't you know that the very first screen to pleasure your
eyes is the familiar old language selection screen As always, this is where
you select the language to be used with the installation wizard Again, as
always, select English as it is the only language option available Click OK
when you are ready
2 As in the server software installation, you are now treated to the setup
program welcome screen Read this as you usually would and then
click Next.
3 You may be noticing several similarities by now This screen prompts
you to select a country where, ideally, the software will be used
It is extremely important that the installation of all components
of a system be installed using the same country selection
The primary benefits being the assurance of accuracy of the calculations and the ease of possible future root cause analysis
For our example, we are using the United States Select the country of your
choice and click Next.
4 This step asks you to read and agree to the End User License Agreement
(EULA) Read it carefully, and if you agree and wish to continue, click Next.
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Trang 25 This step will ask you to accept or select the location for the Hyperion home directory (folder) Even though this software is being installed on a different physical machine than the Essbase analytics, ideally, it is a good idea to
always install to consistent locations across the individual machines involved
in the construction of the system
Whenever possible, accept and install in the default recommended paths and directories across all hardware components involved in the system This will greatly simplify maintenance and support
Make your selection and click Next.
6 Here, you are asked to select your path for EAS As suggested in previous
steps, make your selection and then click Next.
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7 Here again, it will be best to accept the Typical installation to get you
started If you realize there is some feature missing that you must have, you
can always reinstall the software at a later date and select the Custom option For the most part, the difference between the Typical and the Custom
installation is the ability to select sample scripts The actual Essbase
administrative functionality is the same
8 Just like Step 9 of the Essbase analytics installation, this requires you to
select ESSLANG The ESSLANG variable defines the locale of the computer
For example, for US English it is ENGLISH (LATIN1) This is to ensure
proper communication with other applications and is the Unicode setting
9 This step summarizes the current installation Check the information
carefully to confirm you have the locations correct as well as the selected
Hyperion components If there are any corrections to be made, use the
Back button to go back and fix what is needed This is your last chance
before the wizard begins the actual installation
10 This step basically tells you that the EAS installation is in progress
Take a break, read the installations notes as they flash on the screen
Seems like Déjà vu
11 Now, here's another one we've seen before In this case, there is no need for
the configuration tool, since you are only installing the EAS tool Do not check
the box on the screen labeled Launch Configuration Tool Simply click Finish.
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Trang 4Your EAS is now installed and ready for use The next few steps briefly describe
how to start the EAS and login for the first time
Starting the EAS
Your EAS tool requires the use of a web server to communicate with the Essbase
agent on the analytic server You can install EAS on a bona fide web server, but in this example, we will use the small web admin server included with the Essbase set up
package This small web server allows you to install the EAS directly on your client
The starting of the Tomcat administration server and the EAS tool is a two
step process:
1 Locate the admin server start executable (the location is dependent on system paths chosen by you during installation) The server executable is located in the Hyperion\EAS\Server\Bin path Start the server by double-clicking the executable (it's handy to create a shortcut to this file on your desktop)
2 Locate the EAS console executable (again, the location is dependent on
the installation paths you have chosen) This path is usually located in
the Hyperion\EAS\Console\Bin path Start the console by double-clicking
on it (it's also handy to create a shortcut to this file on your desktop)
When the EAS console opens, you will see the following screen Initially you will need to supply the server name (network name of client), the default ID
of admin, and the default password of password It is highly recommended
you immediately use the User Setup Wizard to create a supervisor account
for yourself
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Following the documentation, connect to the Essbase server to test the installation
Using your mouse, right-click on Add Essbase Server In the text boxes of the login
screen, enter the Essbase server name as it is known on the network, the initial user
ID (in our case Hypuser) and the initial password (ours is password, all lower case).
This is the password that you have provided to the Essbase server upon the completion of the installation (Please refer to Step 14 of the Essbase Installation steps)
If your connection is successful, you will see the Essbase server listed in the left
pane You should be able to expand the server to see many options that are available
We now have the Essbase analytic server software installed on the analytic
server We also have the EAS tool that is needed to create, maintain, and support
Essbase databases installed on the desktop PC On top of that, they are able to
talk to each other
There is only one tool left to install!
In the next series of steps, we will install the much heralded Essbase Add-in
for Microsoft Excel to complete the toolbox Once that is accomplished, we will
be ready to begin building and programming in Essbase
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