"How Can I Use Essbase to Analyze Data?" With millions of users world-wide, Essbase seems to be everywhere these days and now it's a part of your life. You want to slice and dice data, analyze information, and make highly formatted spreadsheet retrievals. You're sure Essbase is the answer and thank goodness your boss bought copies of this book for your entire department! This book is your key to unlocking the world of analysis through Essbase. You will learn: / How to connect to Essbase databases and retrieve data / What is multi-dimensionality and why should you care? / The basics of Essbase's end-user add-ins for adhoc analysis / Steps to creating highly formatted reports and templates that you can use month after month / Creation and saving of advanced analytic queries using the query designers