These functions carry out reporting (retrieving data), updating (loading data) and calculation (aggregating data) tasks against the active database.
| Function | Description |
| EsbBeginCalc() | Starts sending a calc script and optionally executes it against the active database. |
| EsbBeginReport() | Starts sending a report specification to the active database. |
| EsbBeginUpdate() | Starts sending an update specification to the active database. |
| EsbCalc() | Sends and optionally executes a calc script against the active database as a single string. |
| EsbDefaultCalc() | Executes the default calculation for the active database. |
| EsbEndCalc() | Marks the end of a calc script being sent to the active database. |
| EsbEndReport() | Marks the end of a report specification being sent to the active database. |
| EsbEndUpdate() | Marks the end of an update specification being sent to the active database. |
| EsbGetDefaultCalc() | Gets the default calc script for the active database. |
| EsbGetString() | Gets a string of data from the active database. |
| EsbGetStringBuf() | Gets data from the active database until it returns all available data or until the caller's buffer is full. |
| EsbReport() | Sends a report specification to the active database as a single string. |
| EsbSendString() | Sends a string of data to the active database. |
| EsbSetDefaultCalc() | Sets the default calc script for a database. |
| EsbUpdate() | Sends an update to the active database as a single string. |