KB41474: New Features in MicroStrategy Command Manager 9.x

There are 8 new features added in Strategy Command Manager 9.3.0.  The following list describes each of them:
 

• Subscriptions and prompts: Prompts and prompt answers can be included directly within subscriptions while creating subscriptions of any type. Example:
  
  Sample Code/Error
  

  
  CREATE HISTORYLISTSUBSCRIPTION SCHEDULE "Books Closed " USER "administrator" CONTENT "cm" IN FOLDER "\Public Objects\Reports" IN PROJECT "Strategy Tutorial" PROMPT "Elements of Category" ANSWER "8D679D3711D3E4981000E787EC6DE8A4:1";

  
  
  Note: 8D679D3711D3E4981000E787EC6DE8A4 is the object ID and 1 is the ID form value.
   
  
• Configuring Strategy Web preferences: Added support for configuring Strategy Web preferences for any user at all applicable object levels. Example:
  
  Sample Code/Error
  

  
  APPLY WEBPREFERENCES DEFAULTVALUES FOR USER "baoter" TO PROJECT "Strategy tutorial";

  
  
  

• Undo package support: Package management now supports undo package creation and deployment. Example:
  Sample Code/Error
  
  

  
  CREATE UNDOPACKAGE "C:\UndoPackage.mmp" FROM PACKAGE "C:\MDDelta.mmp";

  
  
  

• Log-only mode for import packages: Import package configurations support log-only mode while importing packages. Example:
  
  Sample Code/Error
  

  
  IMPORT PACKAGE "C:\MDDelta.mmp" FOR PROJECT "Strategy Tutorial" LOGONLY;

  
  
   
  
• Project and Intelligence Server configurations: Additional project and Intelligence Server options and settings can be configured through Command Manager. Examples:
  
  Sample Code/Error
  
  

  
  ALTER PROJECT CONFIGURATION SHOWSTATUS TRUE IN PROJECT "Strategy Tutorial";

  
  

  
  ALTER SERVER CONFIGURATION MAXCONNECTIONTHREADS 5 BACKUPFREQ 0...

  
  
  
   
  
• VLDB property and privilege updates: Updated VLDB property and privilege commands to support new options. Example:
  
  Sample Code/Error
  

  
  ALTER VLDBSETTING PROPERTYNAME "Evaluation ordering" PROPERTYVALUE "1" FOR TEMPLATE "TIME analysis" IN FOLDER "\Public Objects\Templates" IN PROJECT "Strategy tutorial";

  
  
   
  
• Named shortcuts support: Added support for using named shortcuts in configurations. Example:
  
  Sample Code/Error
  

  
  CREATE SHORTCUT "Drill Maps1" IN FOLDER "\Public Objects" FOR FOLDER "Drill Maps" IN FOLDER "\Public Objects" FOR PROJECT "Strategy Tutorial";

  
  
   
  
• Script development tips: Auto-complete improvements were included to provide helpful hints for script development. Example:
  

For more information on the above outlines, make sure to consult the Strategy Command Manager application Help documentation.