The Essbase Server installation places the ESSCMD.EXE and ESSCMD.HLP files (ESSCMD and esscmd.hlp on UNIX platforms) in the bin directory.
To start ESSCMD, enter ESSCMD at the operating system command prompt.
ESSCMD runs within the operating system command prompt.
Once you start the application, a command prompt like this one appears:
:::[#]->
where # is the value of the active login instance. Each subsequent, successful login increments this value by one. When you start ESSCMD, the instance number is zero (0).