Now that you are more familiar with the Essbase environment, you can connect to an instance of Essbase Server and start using Essbase and Spreadsheet Add-in. This section guides you through a typical Essbase session where you connect to a database and retrieve data in various ways.
This topic outlines these basic retrieval tasks:
Caution! | If your Essbase Options settings differ from the settings specified in Basic Tutorial Prerequisites, your worksheet view will not match the illustrations shown in this tutorial. |
Remember that you can perform common data retrieval tasks in these ways:
Select commands from the Essbase menu on the Excel menu bar
Double-click the primary or secondary mouse button in the cell (for Retrieve, Zoom In, and Zoom Out commands)
Click the Essbase toolbar icons