The application name must not exceed 8 bytes (non-Unicode-mode applications) or 30 characters (Unicode-mode applications). Avoid using spaces. Application names are not case-sensitive.

If the name contains any allowed special characters, it must be enclosed in single or double quotation marks when you pass it into the MaxL Shell. Only the following special characters are allowed by Essbase within application names:

% (percent sign)

$ (dollar sign)

- (minus sign)

{ (open brace)

} (close brace)

( (open parenthesis)

) (close parenthesis)

! (exclamation mark)

~ (tilde)

` (accent mark)

# (pound sign)

& (ampersand)

@ (at sign)

^ (caret)

Type

name (see MaxL Syntax Notes)

Example

Sample

Referenced By

alter application

alter partition

alter system

create application

display application

display calculation

display database

display function

display location alias

display lock

display macro

display object

display session

display trigger spool

drop application

drop lock

grant

query application

refresh custom definitions