Create Application

The MaxL create application statement helps you create or re-create an Essbase application, either from scratch or as a copy of another application on the same server.

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See APP-NAME for information on the maximum length of and special characters that are allowed in an application name. Application names are not case-sensitive.

Syntax

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• APP-NAME

• COMMENT-STRING

Use create application to create an application in the following ways:

Keywords

create application

Create a new application. Application names are not case-sensitive.

create or replace application

Create an application, or replace an existing application of the same name. Application names are not case-sensitive.

...type nonunicode_mode

Create a Non Unicode-mode application. This is also the default if these keywords are omitted.

...type unicode_mode

Create a Unicode-mode application.

create application as

Create an application as a copy of another application. Application names are not case-sensitive.

comment

Create an application description (optional). The description can contain up to 80 characters.

Example

create application Sample comment 'This is a test application.';

Creates a new application called Sample with an associated comment.

create application Newsamp as Sample;

Creates an application called Newsamp which is a copy of the application Sample.

create or replace application Sample;

Creates an application called Sample. If an application named Sample already exists, it is overwritten.