ESSBASE.CFG File Overview

Overview Creating a Server File Creating a Client File Settings List

With the ESSBASE.CFG configuration file (essbase.cfg on UNIX platforms), you can customize your Hyperion Essbase configuration. Settings specified in the ESSBASE.CFG file apply to an entire Hyperion Essbase server. These settings override the Hyperion Essbase defaults and apply to all databases within all applications on the server.

If Java is automatically installed during the Hyperion Essbase installation, the ESSBASE.CFG file is created with the JVMMODULELOCATION setting specifying the path and filename of a Java Virtual Machine library to be used by Hyperion Essbase. If Java is not automatically installed during the Hyperion Essbase installation, the ESSBASE.CFG file does not exist until an Hyperion Essbase administrator creates it.

There are two types of ESSBASE.CFG files, one at the server level and one at the client level; each file accepts different settings.