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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Use create application to create an application in the following ways:
Keywords
- create application
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Create a new application. Application names are not case-sensitive.
- create or replace application
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Create an application, or replace an existing application of the same name. Application names are not case-sensitive.
- ...type nonunicode_mode
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Create a Non Unicode-mode application. This is also the default if these keywords are omitted.
- ...type unicode_mode
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Create a Unicode-mode application.
- create application as
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Create an application as a copy of another application. Application names are not case-sensitive.
- comment
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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.