Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
As you can see from the previous list, the main API functions offer quite an assortment
of functions that can make your life easier. There are functions for setting all kinds of
application and database properties and attributes. There are functions for database
maintenance and user maintenance. There are even file functions, security functions,
and database object functions. There are also many database related functions.
The second category of Essbase API functions is the Visual Basic Outline API group
of functions. As the name suggests, this category of API functions is more specifically
targeted to the Essbase database outline.
From the previous list you can see that the Outline API functions allows you specific
Essbase database outline functionality.
With the combined functionality of both API categories written into a comprehensive
enough of a program that you can practically build, populate, and use an Essbase
application/database without ever touching the actual EAS tool.
Essbase API programming tips
A good coding style to adopt when writing code in any programming language is
the indented or nested coding style. This style is recommended the world over for
writing easy to follow written code instructions. The indented or nested coding style
allows for easier debugging and enhancing of your code, now and in the future. The
nested coding style also helps ensure that you will remember to follow the opening
of a function with the closing of a function.
