Importing Data from Oracle Essbase

When you want to import data from an Oracle Essbase cube, it important to limit the selected data as much as possible.

1. Select File > Add Data Tables.
   The Add Data Tables dialog opens.
2. Click Add > Connection To > Oracle Essbase.
   The Oracle Essbase Connection dialog opens.
3. Specify the Server you want to connect to.
4. Enter your credentials in the Username and Password text fields.
5. Click Connect.
   Spotfire will connect to the specified server, and retrieve the names of the available applications.
6. From the Application drop-down list, select the application of interest.
7. Specify which database in the selected application you want to work with.
8. 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.
9. Optionally select the check box Show both the member name and the alias.
   The member name and alias name will be shown in the UI separated by comma.
10. Click OK.
    The Data Selection in Connection dialog opens.
11. 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 use the Limit Data button to filter out higher levels of detail in the hierarchy from the actual selection at a later stage. You can repeat this step as many times as you want to add more data to the selection.
    The selected data is added to the Data selection in connection list.
12. 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 clicking on the button with a filter funnel and selecting Limit Data.
    The Limit Data dialog opens.
13. Clear the check boxes for categories that you want to remove from the selection.
14. Click OK to close the Limit Data dialog.
15. When you are done with your data selection it is recommended to click the Estimate Import Size button to get a hint on whether this selection will be possible to import or not.
    The calculation may take a while. No measures are taken into account in the calculation, so if you have added many measures, you may be unable to import the selection even if the estimated number of rows and columns is small. The estimated import size may be of help if an import should fail. Then, the next time you try to import data from that cube, you should try to make sure that the estimated size is smaller than the previous time.
16. When you are done with the data selection, click OK.
    The connection is added to the Data tables list in the Add Data Tables dialog.
17. Make sure the data table, and not the connection, is selected in the Data tables list and, under Load method, click Import data table.
18. Click OK in the Add Data Tables dialog.