Parts of a Partition

Partitions contain the following parts, as illustrated in Figure 48, Parts of a Partition and described in Table 35, Parts of a Partition.

Figure 48. Parts of a Partition

This image shows the parts of a partition: type, data source, data target, login and password, shared area, member mapping, and state.

Table 35. Parts of a Partition

PartDescription

Type of partition

A flag indicating whether the partition is replicated, transparent, or linked.

Data source information

The server, application, and database name of the data source.

Data target information

The server, application, and database name of the data target.

Login and password

The login and password information for the data source and the data target. This information is used for internal requests between the two databases to execute administrative and end-user operations.

Shared areas

A definition of one or more areas, or regions, shared between the data source and the data target. To share multiple noncontiguous portions of a database, define multiple areas in a single partition. This information determines which parts of the data source and data target are shared so that Essbase can put the proper data into the data target and keep the outlines for the shared areas synchronized.

Member mapping information

A description of how the members in the data source map to members in the data target. Essbase uses this information to determine how to put data into the data target if the data target and the data source use different names for some members and dimensions.

State of the partition

Information about whether the partition is up-to-date and when the partition was last updated.