When you create a partition, validate it to ensure its accuracy before you use it. Database Manager permissions or higher are required. After you validate, save the partition definition. If necessary, you can edit an existing partition.
When Essbase validates a partition definition, it checks on the Essbase Server for the data source and the data target to ensure that:
The specified data source members are valid and map to valid members in the data target.
All connection information is correct; that is, the server names, database names, application names, user names, and password information.
For linked partitions, the default user name and password that you provide are correct.
For replicated and transparent partitions, a replication target does not overlap with a replication target; a replication target does not overlap with a transparent target; and a transparent target does not overlap with a transparent target.
For replicated and transparent partitions, the cell count for the partition is the same on the data source and the data target.
For replicated and transparent partitions, the area dimensionality matches the data source and the data target.
You must validate a transparent partition that is based on attribute values to ensure that the results are complete. Essbase does not display an error message when results are incomplete.
After you validate, save the partition; the partition definition is saved to two .ddb files, on the data source server and the data target server.