When you stop applications, Essbase unloads the applications and all databases within the applications from memory on the Essbase Server. Thus, available memory is increased.
To ensure that databases within applications are not corrupted, you must stop applications properly.
On an Essbase Server, you can stop one application or all applications.
To stop one application:
From Enterprise View or a custom view, select the application.
Right-click, and select Stop, and then Application.
To stop all applications on an Essbase Server:
From Enterprise View or a custom view, under an Essbase Server, select the Applications node.
Right-click, and select Stop all applications.
alter system (MaxL) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference
unloadapp (ESSCMD) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference
stop (Essbase Agent) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference