Administration Services Console makes Essbase administration tasks easy to perform. The console provides wizards, editors, dynamic menus, and other tools to help you implement, monitor, and maintain Essbase. Click an item in the following list to view more information:
Enterprise View: Enterprise View is a graphical tree view of the Essbase environment, displayed in the left pane of the console window. It displays the Essbase Administration Server and the Essbase Servers that you select. From Enterprise View, you can operate directly on Essbase objects. For more information, see About Enterprise View.
Custom Views of Essbase Environment: You can create custom views of the Enterprise View tree. Custom views help you maintain manageable views of Essbase objects. For more information, see About Custom Views.
Dynamic Menus: Dynamic, context-sensitive menus are accessed by the right mouse button. These shortcut menus contain commonly used commands for the object that is currently selected in Enterprise View or commands that are specific to the active window in the workspace pane. For details, see Right-Click Menus.
Wizards: Wizards help you step through complex processes. To view wizards, select File, and then Wizards.
Script Editors: Script editors provide advanced features to help you build scripts quickly. The following script editors are available:
MaxL Script Editor: Enables you to build, execute, and view the results of MaxL statements within the console. Syntax color-coding and auto-completion help you write MaxL statements quickly. For more information, see About MaxL Script Editor.
Calculation Script Editor: Provides features to help you build calculation scripts quickly. Syntax is color-coded to improve readability, and members and calculation functions are displayed in tree views within the editor to help you insert them into your scripts easily. For more information, see About Calculation Script Editor.
Report Script Editor: Provides features to help you build report scripts quickly. Syntax is color-coded to improve readability, and members and report commands are displayed in tree views within the editor to help you insert them into your scripts easily. For more information, see About Report Script Editor.
Messages Pane: A Messages pane is displayed along the bottom of the console window. It displays error messages and status information returned from the Essbase Administration Server and the Essbase Server. For more information, see Messages Pane.
Extensive Online Help System: The console includes an HTML-based, cross-platform online help system. It provides information about using Administration Services to perform Essbase administration tasks and provides direct links to other Essbase documentation, where appropriate. You can find information about a specific Essbase task, and you can access context-sensitive help on dialog boxes, windows, editors, and other components.