Defining Header Records

Data sources can contain:

Rules files contain records that translate the data of the data source to map it to the database. As part of that information, rules files can also contain header records. For example, the Sample.Basic database has a dimension for Year. If several data sources arrive with monthly numbers from different regions, the month itself might not be specified in the data sources. You must set header information to specify the month.

You can create a header record using one of the following methods:

  To define a header in the rules file, see “Specifying Data-Source Members in Rules Files” in the Oracle Essbase Administration Services Online Help.

  To define a header in the data source, see “Setting Headers in the Data Source” in the Oracle Essbase Administration Services Online Help.