Creating an ESSBASE.CFG Server File

Overview
Creating a Server File
Creating a Client File
Settings List

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.

To create an ESSBASE.CFG file:

Create the file in ASCII format with any text editor, such as Windows Notepad.
Enter each setting on a separate line in the file. You do not need to end each line with a semicolon.
Name the file ESSBASE.CFG (essbase.cfg on UNIX platforms).
Save the file in the ARBORPATH \BIN directory, and include one setting on each line.

To enable the settings within the file, stop and restart Hyperion Essbase.

Notes:

Some ESSBASE.CFG settings affect performance. Before you override Hyperion Essbase defaults, see the information on performance optimization and storage settings in the Hyperion Essbase Database Administrator's Guide.
If you change any ESSBASE.CFG values while running Hyperion Essbase, the changes will not take effect until you stop and restart the server.
ESSBASE.CFG values apply to all databases within all your applications; the values are not application-specific.
Hyperion Essbase uses the keywords and their unparsed values that comprise ESSBASE.CFG "as is." Hyperion Essbase performs no check routines on the file.
You can override many ESSBASE.CFG values on a per-database basis by using the SetDbState command in ESSCMD or through the Database Settings dialog box in Application Manager. Stop and restart the database to apply the overriding values.