Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text are shown as follows: "Note that the Time dimension contains the calendar periods used in the EssCar system"

A block of code will be set as follows:

[default]
IF (@ISMBR ("PRICE"))
"TOTAL NET REVENUE" ="TOTAL REVENUE" - "TOTAL DISCOUNTS";
ELSEIF (@ISMBR ("UNIT"))
"TOTAL NET REVENUE" = 0;
ENDIF

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items will be shown in bold:

[default] [Thu Sep 11 00:40:45 2008]Local/ESSBASE0///Info(1051061) Application Demo loaded - connection established  ...

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