For Release 6, this document contains a new section which includes a set of working sample applications and a tutorial-style explanation of the basic concepts needed to get started writing API programs.
Warning:
Programs compiled with the Release 6.x API do not work with previous server releases.
Programs compiled with
the Release 5 API work with Release 6.x and Release
5 servers.
New C Main Attributes Functions |
New Visual Basic Main Attributes Functions |
New C Main Attributes Structures |
New Visual Basic Main Attributes Structures |
New C Outline Attributes Functions
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New Visual Basic Outline Attributes Functions
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New C Outline Attributes Structure |
New Visual Basic Outline Attributes Structure |
Existing C Main Functions |
Existing Visual Basic Main Functions |
Existing C Main Structures |
Existing Visual Basic Main Structures |
Existing C Outline Functions |
Existing Visual Basic Outline Functions |
Existing C Outline Structures |
Existing Visual Basic Outline Structures |
Enhanced Database Member Query |
Enhanced Database Member Query |
Database File Information |
Database File Information |
Location Aliases |
Location Aliases |
Timestamp Query |
Timestamp Query |
Performance Stats |
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Extended Member Query |
The Hyperion Essbase API is supported on all Essbase client and server platforms:
Because Visual Basic is not available on UNIX, the Visual Basic API is not supported on UNIX platforms.
For installation information, see the Hyperion Essbase Installation Guide.
See Building an Application Program on UNIX.
The following table lists the available APIs on the supported platforms:
Main API in C |
Main API in VB | Outline API in C | Outline API in VB | Grid API in C | |
Windows 32-bit | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Windows NT | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
AIX | yes | N/A | yes | N/A | yes |
HP-UX | yes | N/A | yes | N/A | yes |
Solaris | yes | N/A | yes | N/A | yes |