Logging In to Essbase

The MaxL language interpreter requires a connection to an Essbase session before it can begin parsing MaxL statements. Use the MaxL Shell to establish the connection to Essbase.

  To log on to Essbase after the command shell has been started, use the shell login grammar.

For example:

essmsh
   
MAXL>login Fiona identified by sunflower on hostname;

If a host name is not specified, localhost is assumed.

  To log on when you invoke the shell, use the -l option. To log on to a server besides localhost at invocation time, use the -s option. To set a message level, use -m.

For example:

essmsh -l fiona sunflower -s myHost -m error

Note:

You can log out and change users without quitting the shell.

When a user logs in to Essbase through a MaxL Shell session and Essbase is restarted while the user is still logged in, the next login through the same MaxL Shell session is delayed by four seconds.

For more information about MaxL Shell invocation options, see the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference.