Essbase clients and servers can connect to an Essbase cluster by way of a URL in this format:
http(s)://host:port/aps/Essbase?ClusterName=clusterName.
You can also connect to an Essbase cluster using only the cluster name, but you must first enable this by modifying a configuration file to specify the Provider Services server that resolves the cluster name in the URL. The Provider Services server is specified in these configuration files:
For server-to-server communication–essbase.cfg
Use this format :
ApsResolver http(s)://host:port/aps
You can specify several Provider Services servers in essbase.cfg, using a semicolon (:) between server names.
For client-to-server communication–essbase.properties
Use this format :
ApsResolver=http(s)://host:port/aps
To connect to a Provider Services Essbase cluster using Financial Reporting or Web Analysis, you must configure Financial Reporting or Web Analysis for three -tier mode.
To configure Financial Reporting for three-tier mode:
Start MIDDLEWARE_HOME/EPMSystem11R1/products/financialreporting/bin/FRConfig.cmd.
Specify the EssbaseJAPIServer as the Provider Services server.
Restart Financial Reporting, and enter the Provider Services cluster name as the Server Name.
To configure Web Analysis for three-tier mode:
Log on to EPM Workspace as an admin user.
Select Navigate, then Administer, then Reporting and Analysis, and then Web Applications.
Right-click WebAnalysis Web-Application, and select Properties.
On the Essbase Configuration tab, set these properties and then click OK:
EESEmbeddedMode=false (The default setting is true.)
EESServerName=Provider Services server name (The default setting is localhost.)
Click OK, and restart theWeb Analysis server for changes to take effect.