Introduction | Information
Center
Using the Hyperion Essbase Setup Utility
The Hyperion Essbase Setup Utility configures Alphablox to communicate with your Hyperion Essbase Server. Before using this utility, the required Essbase runtime client libraries must be installed on this system.
Accessing the Hyperion Essbase Setup Utility
To access the Hyperion Essbase Setup Utility, which opens in a new window, follow these steps:
- Open the IBM Alphablox home page.
- Click the Administration tab. Ensure that the General sub-tab is selected.
- Under Utilities in the navigation menu on the left, click
the Essbase Setup link. The Hyperion Essbase Setup Utility dialog appears in
a new browser window.
- Click Launch Utility.
Configuring Alphablox to communicate with Essbase
To configure Alphablox to communicate with Essbase, follow these steps::
- Select the version of Hyperion Essbase that you want to use. You can select only Hyperion System 9 BI+ Analytic Services or Hyperion Essbase 7.1. Click Next.
- Enter the path to the Essbase runtime client library. Click Next.
- Click Run to make the changes to your setup.
- After you run the Hyperion Essbase Setup Utility, restart your server.
Related topics: