Integration Server

Integration Server is multithreaded server software that is the bridge between the data source, OLAP Metadata Catalog, and Essbase Server. Oracle Essbase Integration Services performs several tasks:

Retrieves OLAP model and metaoutline information from OLAP Metadata Catalog
Generates SQL statements
Retrieves data from external sources
Loads members and data into the Oracle Essbase database

Integration Server must be running if you want to use Integration Services Console (the graphical user interface) or Integration Services Shell (the command line interface).