You use the Location Aliases window to create, edit, and delete location aliases. A location alias maps an alias name to the physical location of the database that contains the alias name.
In the columns of the window, you enter an alias and then enter or select the following information, relative to the remote database:
Essbase Server—Name or IP address
Application
Database
User name—Username for the Essbase Server that contains the remote database
Verified—An indication of whether the alias information has been validated against the specified server
You click the Test button to verify the following alias information:
That you can connect to the specified server with the provided user name and password
That the specified application exists
That the specified database exists in the specified application
To set your alias settings, you click the Set button.
To delete an alias, you select it and click the Delete button.
create location alias (MaxL) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference
drop location alias (MaxL) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference
display database (MaxL) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference
createlocation (ESSCMD) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference
deletelocation (ESSCMD) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference
listlocations (ESSCMD) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference