Keywords

Keywords are the reserved words that make up the MaxL vocabulary. These include verbs, artifacts, and other words needed to construct statements. Keywords in MaxL are independent of your data; conversely, you must define all other MaxL tokens (names, for example).

The MaxL parser expects to see MaxL keywords and other tokens in their correct grammatical order, as diagrammed in MaxL topics in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference.

Figure 150, Example of MaxL Syntax Diagram: Alter Filter shows a sample syntax diagram from the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference. Only the lowercase words in the diagram represent keywords. The other elements are placeholders for names or values that you provide.

Figure 150. Example of MaxL Syntax Diagram: Alter Filter

This image shows the syntax diagram for the alter filter MaxL statement.

Note:

Keywords are not case-sensitive; the use of lowercase for keywords is a documentation convention. See “How to Read MaxL Railroad Diagrams” in the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference.