Creating MaxL and MDX Scripts

You can use MaxL Script Editor to create MaxL scripts and MDX Script Editor to create MDX scripts. From the editor, you can select an Essbase Server to run the script against, define and update variables, reference other files to execute with the script, and expand scripts to display variable values and the contents of referenced files.

  To create a MaxL or MDX script:

  1. Perform an action:

    • To create a MaxL script, select File, then Editors, and then MaxL Script Editor.

    • To create an MDX script, select File, then Editors, and then MDX Script Editor.

  2. From the title bar of the script editor window, select the Essbase Server against which to execute the statements in the script.

    See Connecting to Essbase Servers in MaxL and MDX Script Editors.

  3. Type the contents of the script, using the auto-completion feature if desired.

    The contents of the script may simply be individual statements that you interactively type, execute, and clear from within the editor. You do not have to save a script in order to execute statements within it.

  4. Optional:

  5. Save or execute, or save and execute the script.

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