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.

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 user interface, 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 the data selection, click OK.
    The connection is added to the Data tables list in the Add Data Tables dialog.
16. Make sure the data table, and not the connection, is selected in the Data tables list and, under Load method, click Keep data table external.
17. Click OK in the Add Data Tables dialog.