Oracle Essbase 11.1.1 for System Administrators

Course Description

The typical Essbase project is a high visibility, high priority development project designed to enhance bottom line performance. Strong Essbase administrative skills are essential in supporting these projects.Learn how to configure, secure, optimize, and maintain the Essbase environment for both block storage and aggregate storage applications. Whether you are a new or seasoned Essbase user, you will benefit from the Essbase experience and best practices built into the lectures, student guide, numerous exercises, and case study, and this course will prove to be a valuable addition to your administrator’s survival kit.Learn To:Design and manage Essbase securityOptimize Essbase system cachesPerform backup, recovery, application migration, and task automationConfigure the block storage and aggregate storage kernels

Skills Gained

• Configure the Essbase environment
• Set up user, group, and application access type security
• Create database filters
• Describe the components of the Oracle Essbase product family
• Optimize Essbase caches and buffers
• Perform database maintenance, including backup and recovery and application migration
• Automate routine tasks using MaxL scripts

Who Can Benefit

• Administrator
• Database Administrators

Prerequisites

• Basic system administration experience
• General technical background

Syllabus

Online Analytical Processing Overview

• Data Transformation
• Multidimensional View of Information
• Dimensional Modeling
• Data Cubes
• Dimension Hierarchies
• OLAP Solutions

Essbase architecture, components, and production cycle

• Outlines
• Load Rules
• Calculation Scripts
• Aggregations
• Essbase Integration Services
• Essbase Spreadsheet Add-in
• Smart View

Block Storage Data Structure

• Data Blocks and the Index System
• Block Storage Database Statistics
• Data Block Creation
• Database Calculation Process

Aggregate Storage Data Structure

• Tablespace Overview
• Data Aggregation
• Aggregate Storage Database Statistics

Configuring Essbase Server

• Setting up runtime and connection options for Essbase
• Configuring block storage and aggregate storage disk allocation
• Identifying the primary information logs available to Essbase system administrators
• Creating an essbase.cfg (server configuration) file
• Configuring Smart View for Office

Essbase Data Integrity

• Transactions and Locks
• Isolation Levels

Essbase Security Overview

• Essbase Native Security
• Global Access Security Layer
• User and Group Security Layer
• Application Access Type Security
• The Essbase Security File

Creating Essbase Security Filters

• The Essbase Security Filter Layer
• Creating Security Filters
• Filter Behavior
• Resolving Security Conflicts

Securing the Essbase Environment in Shared Services

• Shared Services Security
• Converting Essbase users to Shared Services Security
• Provisioning Users in Shared Services
• Synchronizing Essbase and Shared Services Security
• External Authentication and Single Sign-on

Optimizing Block Storage Cache Settings

• Optimizing the Database
• Optimizing Caches
• Setting RAM Caches
• Cache Hit Ratios

Optimizing Aggregate Storage Cache Settings

• Aggregate Storage Cache Optimization
• Managing Aggregate Storage Cache
• Viewing Aggregate Storage Cache Statistics

Optimizing Buffers, Compression, and Fragmentation

• Setting Data Retrieval Buffers
• Data Compression Methods
• Setting the Optimal Compression Method
• Removing Database Fragmentation
• Removing Security File Fragmentation

Managing Applications and Sessions

• About Application and Session Management
• Migrating Applications and Databases

Backing Up and Recovering Essbase Databases

• About Backup and Recovery
• Backup Options
• Export Considerations
• Subset Data Export Capability
• Database Recovery

Task Automation

• Automating Tasks Using MaxL
• The MaxL Command Shell
• MaxL Statements and Syntax
• MaxL Username and Password Encryption
• Debugging MaxL scripts