Oracle Essbase 11.1.2 for System Administrators

The typical Essbase project is a high visibility, high priority development project designed to enhance bottom line performance. This course will help you develop specific Essbase administrative skills so you're able to support these projects.

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Course Objectives

Set up user, group, and application access type security
Create database filters
Describe the components of the Oracle Essbase product family
Optimize Essbase caches and buffers
Perform database maintenance, including backup and recovery and application migration
Configure the Essbase environment
Automate routine tasks using MaxL scripts

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Target Audience

Administrator
Architect
Database Administrator
Developer

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1. Online Analytical Processing Overview

· Data Transformation

· Multidimensional View of Information

· Dimensional Modeling

· Data Cubes

· Dimension Hierarchies

· OLAP Solutions

2. Essbase architecture, components, and production cycle

· Aggregate Storage and Block Storage

· Outlines

· Load Rules

· Calculation Scripts

· Aggregations

· Reporting in Smart View

3. Block Storage Data Structure

· Data Blocks and the Index System

· Block Storage Database Statistics

· Data Block Creation

· Database Calculation Process

4. Aggregate Storage Data Structure

· Table space Overview

· Data Aggregation

· Aggregate Storage Database Statistics

5. Configuring Essbase Servers

· Setting up runtime and connection options for Essbase

· Configuring block storage and aggregate storage disk allocation

· Identifying the primary information logs available to Essbase system administrators

· Maintaining the Essbase Server configuration file

6. Essbase Data Integrity

· Ensuring Essbase Data Integrity

· Transactions and Locks

· Isolation Levels

7. Essbase Security Overview

· Essbase Native Security

· Global Access Security Layer

· User and Group Security Layer

· Application Access Type Security

· The Essbase Security File

8. Creating Essbase Security Filters

· The Essbase Security Filter Layer

· Creating Security Filters

· Filter Behavior

· Resolving Security Conflicts

9. Securing the Essbase Environment in Shared Services

· Shared Services Security

· Converting Essbase Users to Shared Services Security

· Provisioning Users in Shared Services

· External Authentication and Single Sign-on

10. Optimizing Block Storage Caches

· Optimizing the Database

· Optimizing Caches

· Setting RAM Caches

· Cache Hit Ratios

11. Optimizing Aggregate Storage Cache

· Aggregate Storage Cache Optimization

· Managing Aggregate Storage Cache

· Viewing Aggregate Storage Cache Statistics

12. Optimizing Buffers and Compression

· Setting Data Retrieval Buffers

· Data Compression Methods

· Setting the Optimal Compression Method

13. Managing Fragmentation

· Measuring Database Fragmentation

· Preventing and Reducing Database Fragmentation

· Removing Security File Fragmentation

14. Managing Applications, Sessions, Usernames, and Passwords

· About Application and Session Management

· Migrating Applications and Databases

· Enabling/Disabling Usernames in Administration Services Console

15. Backing Up, Restoring, and Recovering Essbase Databases

· About Backup, Restore, and Recovery

· Manual Backup and Restore

· Automated Backup and Restore

· Manual Recovery

· Automated Recovery

· Recovering from a Server Interruption

· Recovering Corrupted Essbase Databases

16. Task Automation

· Automating Tasks Using MaxL

· The MaxL Command Shell

· MaxL Statements and Syntax

· MaxL Username and Password Encryption

· Debugging MaxL scripts

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Oracle Essbase 11.1.2 for System Administrators

Oracle Essbase 11.1.2 for System Administrators

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