Introduction

The Next Generation Outline Extractor reads the outline of an Oracle Essbase cube (or an EPM Cloud/PBCS plan type) and writes it out in whichever format you need - a delimited load file for rebuilding another outline, a documentation-style spreadsheet, relational tables, or a handful of other formats described below.

Internally, every extractor reads its source into one shared, source-neutral model (the Common Outline Format) and every writer consumes that same model - so any extractor can be paired with any writer. Extracting from Essbase and writing to relational tables works the same way as extracting from PBCS and writing a CSV; the tool doesn’t need to know about that combination specifically.

The tool is used the same way whether you’re running it by hand or from a script: a graphical interface for interactive use, and a command-line interface for automation, both built on the same underlying engine.