You use the Open dialog box to open Essbase files and other files. Different files are opened in different ways, depending upon how the files were saved.
You use the File System tab to open files that are located on the file system. In the “Files of type” list, you can specify the type of file that you want to open.
You use the Essbase Server tab to open files from an Essbase Server application or database directory structure.
Look in—Select the Essbase Server computer and the application or the application and database that contain the preferred file, and then select the file.
File name—The name of the file that you select is displayed in this text box.
Files of type—To limit the number of files available for selection, select a file type. If you invoked the Open dialog box from Data Prep Editor, the file-type list displays only data file types (for example, .xls and .txt files).
The Administration Server tab is not available when the Open dialog box is launched from certain components of Administration Services Console; for example, the dialog box is not available from Data Prep Editor.
You use the Administration Server tab to open files that are saved on Essbase Administration Server. The tab includes the following columns:
Object—Lists the files saved on Essbase Administration Server
Created By—Identifies the names of the Essbase Administration Server users who created or saved each file
Modify Date column—Identifies the date and time that each file was last saved
Shared column—Indicates whether the file can be shared by other Essbase Administration Server users