Introduction
In this chapter, we will go over some basic, yet necessary Essbase Studio recipes. The first question that we should discuss, is why begin developing with Essbase Studio as opposed to Essbase Administration Services (EAS) or Essbase Integration Services (EIS)? The most obvious answer is that Oracle has announced that their long-term vision is to replace EAS and EIS with Essbase Studio. Please visit the following URL for more information on the Oracle Essbase Road Map: http://communities.ioug.org/Portals/2/Oracle_Essbase_Roadmap_Sep_09.pdf.
That said, version 11.1.2.1, the version this book is written for, requires that you use Essbase Studio in conjunction with EAS for a set of tasks. Please see the following advantages and disadvantages of Essbase Studio for more details.
Advantages of Essbase Studio
Essbase Studio is integrated with all new features of 11.x
Ease of migrating Integration Service catalog to Essbase Studio catalog via migration utility
As opposed to EIS, Essbase Studio...