Adding In-database Data from Oracle Essbase

You can add a data connection to Oracle Essbase to an analysis and select to analyze the data in-database.

Procedure

On the authoring bar, click Files and data .
In the Files and data flyout, click Connect to.
In the list of connectors, click Oracle Essbase.
In the Oracle Essbase flyout, click New connection.
In the Oracle Essbase Connection dialog, specify the Server you want to connect to.
Enter your credentials in the Username and Password text fields.
Click Connect.
From the Application drop-down list, select the application of interest.
Specify which database in the selected application you want to work with.
In the Alias table drop-down list, select from which table the member names should be retrieved.
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.
Optionally, select the check box Show both the member name and the alias.
The member name and alias name will be shown in the user interface, separated by comma.
Click OK.
The Data Selection in Connection dialog opens.
In the left pane, click on the object of interest, and then click Add >.
See Icon Descriptions for information about what the different objects represent. If you select the cube icon, you will get all data in the cube. When it comes to hierarchies, you always have to add the entire hierarchy to the list, but you can limit the data further, see step 12.

The selected data is added to the Data selection in connection list.
Dimension columns and hierarchies can be further limited by clicking on the selected column or hierarchy in the Data selection in connection list and then, in the Settings pane, clicking Limit....
The Limit Data dialog opens.
Clear the check boxes for categories that you want to remove from the selection.
Click OK to close the Limit Data dialog.
When you are done with the data selection, click OK.
The final step is a summary view of the data tables that will be added to your Spotfire analysis. Make sure that the data table that is added from your connection is configured as External, for in-database analysis.

Note: To change the load method of a data table to External, click the data table in the summary view, and then use the drop-down menus to select External.
Click OK.

Results

The external data table is added to your analysis.

Tip: Do all of the data selection work in a shared data connection and save it to the library instead of adding it to the analysis directly. This way you can reuse the work you have done later, or share your selections with others.