Managing Sessions

Who can terminate sessions?

Most user sessions end normally, when the user chooses to close the session. However, if a session hangs for any reason or runs a program that gets caught in an infinite loop, then you must force the session to end by using a tool such as Instance Manager. With administrative rights, you can end any user session. Users can also end their own sessions if they log into Instance Manager with the same credentials that they used to open their OLAP sessions.

Procedure: Terminating a session

To terminate a session, follow these steps.

1. Open Instance Manager by taking the steps listed in "Procedure: Opening Instance Manager".

2. Click the plus icon next to Sessions.

   You see the list of active sessions.

3. Choose Help for additional information.

Related information

For more information, search for the following topics in Instance Manager Help:

"Terminating a Session"

"Viewing Session Information"

To learn about performing these tasks in a command-line or batch mode, refer to "Command-line Administration". In OLAP Service Manager, get help on the following commands: queryolapsessions, viewsessions, terminate, interrupt.