Managing File Encoding

Essbase supports many non-Unicode encodings (see Supported Locales). In addition, UTF-8 encoding is supported for Unicode-mode applications.

Because a bit combination can map to different characters in different encodings, you must understand how Essbase works with file encodings, particularly if you intend to use non-Unicode-encoded files with Unicode-mode applications.

Note:

Oracle recommends using UTF-8-encoded files for Unicode-mode applications shared across multiple locales. Using UTF-8 encoding is simpler, because you need not keep track of locales and encoding, and it can be more efficient, because Essbase Administration Server uses Unicode encoding internally, and no internal conversion between formats is needed.

The following topics describe how Essbase determines the encoding of files and how you manage files with different encoding.