Adding Personal Database Connections

To add a personal database connection, use this file format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<AnalyzerAdmin>
<ModifyUsers>
<User LoginID="hyper1">
<Database Name=”DBName” Server=”epmsd030” Database=”Sample”  Cube=”Basic” AliasTable=”Long Names” Type=”1” User=”admin” Password=”password” LoginMode=”1”>
</User>
</ModifyUsers>
</AnalyzerAdmin>

Database requests to add a database connection. If a database connection file with the same name exists, the operation is aborted.

Database Attributes

Description

Permitted values

Example

Name

Connection File name—File is created in /Users/user_name/Databases/.

user_name—User’s name, defined in tag User. For this, user connection is created.

  

Server

Essbase server host name

  

Database

Application Name

  

Cube

Cube Name

  

AliasTable

Which alias to use

  

Type

Type of connection to create. Only Analytic Services connections can be created.

1

 

User

User’s login for connection

  

Password

Password for connection

  

LoginMode

Login mode of DB connection

1 – Use User’s ID and Password;

2 – Prompt for User ID and Password;

3 – Enter User ID and Password

1 – Example, [“hyper1”, “hyper1”]

2 – always show dialog “Database Logon”

3 – Use specified in User, Password properties values