Parts of a Report Script

A report script comprises a series of Report Writer commands, terminated by the bang (!) report output command.

You can enter one or more report scripts in a report script file, which is a text file that you create with Report Script Editor or any text editor.

To build a report script, enter or select commands that define the layout, member selection, and format in Report Script Editor. The different elements of a script are color-coded to aid readability. You can enable syntax autocompletion to help build scripts quickly.

The commands in Report Writer perform two functions, data extraction and formatting:

For information about report commands, see the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference.