Rules file specifications for loading values to aggregate storage databases reflect the aggregate storage data load process.
For block storage data loads, through the rules file, you choose for each data source whether to overwrite existing values, add values in the data source to existing values, or subtract them from existing values.
For aggregate storage data loads using the aggregate storage data load buffer, you make this choice for all data load sources that are gathered into the data load buffer before they are loaded to the database.
To use a rules file that was defined for a block storage outline with an aggregate storage outline, first associate the rules file with the aggregate storage outline. See “Associating an Outline with an Editor” in the Oracle Essbase Administration Services Online Help.