Release 1.0 Beta Of OAS

The 1.0 Beta of OAS is now avaliable at www.olapautomation.com . It currently includes these modules:

1) Data Valdation for checking if your Essbase data ties to your sql source or another cube.

2) Executing automations based on data from the MAXL display command such as display users for doing mass user security automations in MAXL

3) Email alerts

4) Database loggging

5) MAXL automations

6) Embedded database for staging data

7) SQL data driven automation

8) Sub substitution variable manager

Olap Automation Studio

This blog provides information on a software product call Olap Automation Studio. I will be posting a beta release in the May 2008 time frame. Here is a short list of features:


1) An extendable automation platform for building any type of automation
2) The initial release will have automation widgets focused on Essbase
3) After the initial release widgets will be released for automating mdx based data/outline extracts and shared services imports/exports
4) The GUI is built on the java Eclipse platform
5) The automation engine and GUI makes heavy use of Hyperion's documented and undocumented java API's