Essbase Configuration Properties

Table 13. Essbase Configuration Properties

PropertyDescription
HFMPlugInSupportedWhether to use the native driver to connect without an HFM client
EESPlugInSupportedWhether to use the native driver to connect without an Essbase run client
  • If yes, ADM uses Essbase Deployment Services to access Essbase.

  • If no, ADM uses the default JNDI driver.

EESEmbeddedModeWhether to use Essbase Deployment Services in an embedded mode (versus a 3-tier mode)
EESDriverNameEssbase Deployment Services driver to ADM
EESServerNameServer running Essbase Deployment Services
EESLocaleLocale for Essbase Deployment Services
EESDomainDomain for Essbase Deployment Services (do not modify)
EESORBTypeORB type for Essbase Deployment Services (only TCPIP is supported)
EESPortEssbase Deployment Services communication port
RemoveLinkWhether ADM inserts Essbase <LINK> commands in generated report script
FastSearchDisabledHow the search function retrieves the descendants to search
MaxDimSearchSizeLargest dimension size that can be searched with Web Analysis search logic. For any dimension that is larger in size than this limit, search options “Substring” and “Ending” will be disabled. Default = 1,000,000.
SearchWarningLimitNumber of members after which to display warning messages for long searches (on very large dimensions). Default = 100,000.
EnabledAliasOnDataQueryWhether Web Analysis retrieves both member names/IDs and aliases during a data query
DimBrowserChildIndicatorsWhether to use Essbase pass through for the Dimension Browser. Pass through does not allow access to “hasChildren” for Dimension Browser child indicators.
DisableNonUniqueNamesWhether to query Essbase data sources that have non-unique members
UseUnicodeAdmConnectionWhether to connect to Essbase data sources that are Unicode enabled
ResolveDimSetAliasesWhether to resolve dimension set aliases
FilterRestrictToSingleMemberWhether you can select multiple members in a report object filter

If restricted to a single member, right-click menu options in the Dimension Browser are limited to “Find in Tree” and “Search.” If you are only able to select one member at a time, any additional selections overwrite the previous selection.

SSASlmpersonateConfigures the authentication for SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) 2000
  • If yes, any user can log into the data source.

  • If no, Web Analysis uses native MSAS authentication.

SSASProviderSSAS Provider value to use in an ADM connection URL. Possible values are:
  • MSOLAP

  • MSOLAP.3

ReturnToDrillSourceFor drill link reports, what to do after the target report (the report that was opened when drill linking for the source report) is closed
  • If yes, the original source report is opened.

  • If no, the next report in the order is opened.

PreloadADMWhether to create an Essbase connection if Web Analysis is running on OS Linux 4 AS under WAS 6.x configuration