March 3, 2017

  When I was working on on-premises Hyperion projects, and when it came to the automation and integration processes, I typically use batch files, PsExec and Task Schedule to achieve that.   The batch files and other related files will be stored in clients’ server.   For example, InputFiles folder contains Business rule list, substitution…

February 24, 2017

  Oracle releases the application updates documentation on new features and fixed issues from the Applications Release Readiness site. From there, you will be able to check the update for Customer Experience, Human Capital Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Performance Management.   For PBCS / EPBCS and FCCS, usually, the latest update will be installed on…

February 17, 2017

  Let’s create a new FCCS application. Type in the application name and Description Select Details. In this case, I selected 12 months, and enabled the Multicurrency function. Configuration of FCCS is based on enabling features. There will initially be two custom dimensions you can add. By default, the Consolidation is Enabled, and the Supplemental…

February 10, 2017

  Oracle released Financial Close and Consolidation Cloud Service FCCS in May, 2016. On-premises Hyperion, we have Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), which provides financial consolidation and reporting that enables us to rapidly consolidate and report financial results, meet global regulatory requirements. At the beginning, I though FCCS is the cloud version of HFM, but not…

February 3, 2017

  Removal of Financial Reporting Studio Desktop Client   When I was working on the on-premises Hyperion planning projects, the Financial Reporting Studio Desktop client is one of my best friend, even though using it sometime is very tedious, but at end of the day it could give us pretty nice and well formatted reports….

January 27, 2017

  From a business perspective, Periods 1 to 12 are the twelve months of the year. Period 13 is the year end adjusting period which would have adjustment GL entries booked into it.  So for all reporting purposes, period 13 also needs to be taken into consideration and merge into December to get the actual…

January 20, 2017

  As we discussed in another blog, as of now, the EAS and Essbase Studio will not be available in the cloud. But there is still a way to manage the database, and go to the Session Management to kill running processes as we did in EAS. Go to Rules (Calculation Manager), and then click…

January 13, 2017

  I remember when I started my career in EPM/Hyperion, I started on Hyperion Planning and Essbase. On-premises version, I’ve been using Hyperion Essbase Administration Services (EAS) to manage Essbase. I really like this tool. I remember the days that my mentor taught me how to use EAS to load data, how to update hierarchy, how to…

January 6, 2017

  Hello and welcome! My name is Jun and I am an Oracle EPM Consultant. My focus is on EPM Cloud and Hyperion products. I am a huge fan of EPM cloud services. This website is indented to provide useful information and my observations and comments on the EPM world. My goal is not building…