Yes, this has been the plan all along: I’m creating a web-based Essbase add-in. My first attempt was the ill-fated Google Sheets Essbase add-on. I say this not because it was somehow technically-inferior. But because IT Information Security departments across the…
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cubeSavvy Utilities 5.0 – multiple configuration files
Following are the bug fixes and enhancements released in version 5.0: Bug Fixes Saving the results of an MDX query to a file resulting in the string “null” in empty cells. This has been corrected. Some unicode characters were incorrectly represented…
cubeSavvy – multiple calc scripts & grid descriptions
A couple of enhancements have been made in the 5.2 version now available for download: Now more than one calc script can be run on save. All COLUMN, ROW, and PAGE members are passed to each calc script, allowing for…
cubeSavvy – data update view for admins
cubeSavvy – data update view for admins This point version update includes bug fixes for displaying MDX grids. Previously there was an issue with MDX statements that didn’t contain a WITH statement. For example, here’s some MDX that contains a…
cubeSavvy – stateless and localized
There are a couple of major components to this release. One of them is architecture-related, while the other is immediately visible in the user interface. Both of them will provide a solid base upon which to continue enhancing cubeSavvy. There…
cubeSavvy – Introducing MDX grids
Soon after releasing cubeSavvy, the very first comment asked why MDX queries weren’t available. Well, now they are. They are first-class citizens, along with report scripts. The reason they were not added at the outset was because, unlike report scripts, MDX…
cubeSavvy Utilities 4.1
Just a short post to announce some minor bug fixes and enhancements for cubeSavvy Utilities. Version 4.1: Bug Fixes Selecting files through the “Browse…” buttons often required changing the file type to see the correct extension – xml or txt.…
cubeSavvy – security & grid storage
I’m introducing some major changes in this, the 3.0, version. Grids are no longer read directly from the Essbase application/database. This was too restrictive, both in terms of naming grids and grouping them by task, user, etc. Along the same…
cubeSavvy – improved grid & tabs
I’ve just uploaded a new version of cubeSavvy. Improvements in the 2.2 version include: Tabs. Now more than one grid can be open at the same time. This is a feature whose absence from Hyperion Planning has always baffled me. You…
cubeSavvy – Essbase web grids
Many people have been interested in my Google Sheets add-on experiment. Invariably, however, they have commented that they just can’t get their IT department to buy into the Google Sheets requirement to open their Provider Services URL to the web…