Creating Partitions

Partitions enable you to access data that is shared between databases that may span applications or servers. How you access the data depends on the type of partition that you use. See About Partitions for more information.

When you create a partition, you must specify all requested information on the Type, Connection, Areas, and Mappings tabs before you can validate and save the partition.

  To create a partition:

1. Decide how to design the partition (for details, see Oracle Essbase Database Administrator's Guide).

2. Open the Create Partition or Edit Partition window.

3. Specify the partition type and settings.

4. Specify connection information.

5. Define partitioned areas.

6. Optional: Define area-specific member mappings .

7. Define global member mappings.

8. Validate the partition.

9. Save the partition.

10. If you are creating a replicated partition, replicate data.

Related Information

• “Designing Partitioned Applications” in the Oracle Essbase Database Administrator's Guide

• Create and Edit Partition Windows

• Exporting Partition Definitions

• Importing Partition Definitions

Related Commands

• create partition (MaxL) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference

• display partition (MaxL) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference

• refresh replicated partition (MaxL) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference

• validatepartitiondeffile (ESSCMD) in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference