Applications are designated as Unicode-mode applications or non-Unicode-mode applications.
Unicode-mode applications support multiple character sets. Integration Services uses the UTF-8 encoding form to interpret and store character text. Character-based artifacts in Unicode-mode applications, such as member and alias names, can include characters from different languages.
Clients working with Unicode-mode applications can have different locales than Essbase Server. For example, client computers with Japanese locales and client computers with German locales can work with the same Unicode-mode application on an Essbase Server that has a Spanish locale.
Non-Unicode-mode applications support one character set that is defined by a locale value, which must be the same for Essbase Server and all non-Unicode clients that work with the non-Unicode-mode applications. Both Unicode-mode and non-Unicode-mode applications can reside on the same Essbase Server.