Specifies the computer host name to which Essbase Agent and Essbase Server bind and where an Essbase application process runs.
ESSBASESERVERHOSTNAME server_nameWhere host_name is the name of the host where your Essbase application process runs. ESSBASESERVERHOSTNAME uses the current server by default.
ESSBASESERVERHOSTNAME identifies the host where your Essbase application process runs. The value must be a valid host name and must map to an IP address assigned to the computer. If ESSBASESERVERHOSTNAME is not specified in essbase.cfg, Essbase and the applications listen on all interfaces (IP_ANY).
You can use ESSBASESERVERHOSTNAME to restrict the network interface provide on which Essbase and the applications listen when multiple instances are running on the same host computer.
For information on running multiple Essbase instances on a single computer, see:
The behavior of the client is not necessarily tied to this configuration setting. For example, the MaxL client always uses localhost as the default, irrespective of this configuration setting.
In Report Writer, you can display ESSBASESERVERHOSTNAME values on a report. For example, you can use the *MACHINE replacement value in the Report Writer {Mask} command to display the ESSBASESERVERHOSTNAME value as the server name.
ESSBASESERVERHOSTNAME HypeR
identifies the host name "HypeR".