Display Session

The MaxL display session statement helps you view active login sessions on the current Essbase Server, application, or database.

The information that display session returns about active login sessions includes:

  • The user that owns each session.

  • A session ID for each session.

  • How long the sessions have been active.

  • Information about outstanding requests (description, time started, name of computer originating the request, and status).

Keywords

You can display login and request information in the following ways using MaxL display session.

display session [all]

Display information about all current user sessions and active requests.

Example:

display session;
display session SESSION-ID

Display information about a particular user session, indicated by the numeric session ID.

Example:

display session 865075202;
display session by user USER-NAME

Display information about all current sessions by a particular user.

Example:

display session by user jbrownst;
display session by user USER-NAME on application APP-NAME

Display information about all current sessions by a particular user on the specified application.

Example:

display session by user jbrownst on application Sample;
display session by user USER-NAME on database DBS-NAME

Display information about all current sessions by a particular user on the specified database.

Example:

display session by user jbrownst on database Sample.Basic;
display session on application APP-NAME

Display information about all current sessions on the specified application.

Example:

display session on application Sample;
display session on database DBS-NAME

Display information about all current sessions on the specified database.

Example:

display session on database Sample.Basic;

Output Columns Returned for MaxL Display Session

user
Logged in user name. Example: powerusr.
session
Numeric session id. Example: 865075202.
login_time
Number of seconds ago the session began. Example: 192.
application
Name of active application. Example: Sample.
database
Name of active cube. Example: Basic.
db_connect_time
Number of seconds ago the cube was set active. Example: 11879.
request
Type of active request in progress; for example, calculation, data load, or restructure. This information can help you get details about what is occurring during lengthy sessions. Example: BuildDimXml : Index Only.
request_time
Number of milliseconds the active request has been running. Example: 1503869494621.
connection_source
Host name of the connected service. Example: example.com.
connection_ip
IP address of the connected service. Example: 192.0.2.123.
request_state
The status of the active request. Example: in_progress.