With the MaxL Perl Module (Essbase.pm), you can embed the MaxL language within Perl programs, offering more programmatic control than is available in the shell.
Essbase.pm, in the Perlmod directory, enables Perl programmers to wrap MaxL statements in Perl scripts. Database administration with MaxL becomes as efficient and flexible as your Perl programs.
While you administer Essbase databases, Perl with MaxL enables you to take advantage of these and other programmatic features:
Essbase.pm contains methods that enable passing MaxL statements by means of Perl:
To make the Perl methods available to Essbase, include a reference to Essbase.pm in the Perl program. Place the following line at the top of each Perl script:
use Essbase;
Perl is not difficult to learn, especially if you have knowledge of UNIX shells or other programming languages. To download Perl and learn more about it, visit the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network Web site at http://www.cpan.org/.
See the MaxL DDL section of the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference and the Readme file in the PERLMOD directory of your Essbase installation.