Starting and Stopping Applications

You can start applications for which you have at least Read permission. Oracle Essbase loads newly started applications into memory on the Essbase Server.

You can specify that databases start when their parent applications start. In this case, if you start an application before users connect to the databases within the application, users may experience better initial performance (upon database connection) because the application and all associated databases are in memory.

When you stop applications, Essbase unloads the applications and all databases within the applications from memory on the Essbase Server. Thus, available memory is increased. To ensure that databases within applications are not corrupted, you must stop applications properly.

To start or stop an application:

1. In System View, click the Database Properties icon.
2. In Enterprise View, expand the Planning application type and the application you want to start or stop
3. Right-click the application, and select:

   • Start Application

   • Stop Application

     Note:

     You need to stop and then restart applications any time you make changes to database settings.