Validating Partitions

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:

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.

  To validate a partition, use a tool:

Tool

Topic

Location

Administration Services

Validating Partitions

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ESSCMD

VALIDATEPARTITIONDEFFILE

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MaxL

create partition

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