Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
Update your outline using a rules file
Now that you have completed your first rule file, you need to update the outline
using this rules file.
There are several ways you can update an outline using a data rules file and
a data file:
• Updating the outline from the EAS Outline Editor
• Executing MaxL commands
• Making your own API calls
• Running Essbase command scripts
We will discuss the first and second points now, and the third and fourth points
will be discussed with examples provided, in the next chapter.
Update your outline using the EAS Outline
Editor
One of the easiest ways the outline can be updated is manually by using
the EAS Outline Editor.
The steps to update the outline are:
1.
In the EAS, open the
Application | Database
for which the outline
needs to be updated.
2.
Double-click on the
Outline
, the outline editor is opened for editing.
3.
Or, you can click on the
Outline
in the
Menu
option and then click on
the
Update outline
. The following screen will then be displayed:
