Using Administrative Utilities

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The Adapter for Axiom EPM provides administrative tools that enable you to report on connection information, update the DBA Password, and set adapter tracing options.


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Connection Reports

How to:

The Administrator provides reports to make administration easier. You can run reports that provide information on connections and metadata. These reports are accessible from the Administration group menu.



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Procedure: How to Run Connection Reports
  1. Click Reports under the Administration group.

    xThe Administration - Reports window opens.

  2. If necessary, select the Axiom EPM connection you want to run a report for from the Axiom EPM Connection drop-down list.
  3. Select a report type from the Administration Report drop-down list. The options are:
    • Connection Information. Retrieves statistics for the selected connection.
    • Synonyms. Retrieves a list of available synonyms for the selected connection.
  4. Select an output format for the report from the Output Format drop-down list. The options are HTML and PDF.
  5. Click Run.

The selected report appears.


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Updating the DBA Password

The DBA Password option is used for updating the password that is supplied during the initial configuration of the adapter. When the password is updated, all synonyms are updated as well. (Note that this process may take several minutes.)


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Tracing Adapter Processing

The adapter tracing utility creates application level traces for support purposes. Typically, tracing is used under the direction of Information Builders Customer Support Services.


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Log off

This option, when clicked, will provide a confirmation dialog box to log off from the adapter and free the server agent. Select OK or Cancel.

Note: Closing the window will have the same effect (without the confirmation box).


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