1. Introduction In my previous posts, Smart View for Google Workspace and Smart View for Google Workspace – Part 2, I covered the initial setup, installation from the Google Workspace Marketplace, and how to get started with Oracle Smart View in Google Sheets. Since then, I’ve spent more time working with the extension and have…
When Oracle first introduced Smart View for Google Workspace in June 2024, it marked a significant step in integrating Cloud EPM with Google’s suite of productivity tools. Now, as of January 2025, this highly anticipated feature is officially available for download from the Google Workspace Marketplace. In this post, I’ll provide an overview of…
Oracle Smart View is about to support Google Workspace. If you’ve been using Smart View with Office 365 for macOS, you’ll find the Google version has a similar look and feel, with a few differences. Having Smart View available for Google Workspace, particularly Google Sheets, will greatly benefit finance users. With the Google Workspace version…
The Smart View function builder is surely not a new topic. It exists since the on-premises Hyperion Planning came to the market decades ago, and it came to the cloud solutions in 2014. If you have used Hyperion or EPM cloud products, you might know the function builder feature from one of the following…
Quick question, when using Smart View, from the log-in page, if you use SSO/company sign-in and have selected “Remember My Choice”, how would you go back to the original page to change the domain name and username/password? We will take a look at this situation in this post. When using Smart View to…
As you know, Smart View is an Excel add-in. For years, it is only available for Windows OS. Starting from this month, June 2019, it finally supports Excel 365 for Mac OS and a browser-based version of Excel 365. The new Smart View add-in provides for a thin and customizable deployment across the enterprise…
Last month (Nov 2018), Smart View got a new patch, v.11.1.2.5.810, which includes a few new functionalities. One of the cool functions is the drill-through launch option. When connected to an EPM service and using data management to load data for drill through reports, we can now launch the reports in Excel itself directly. Currently,…
When Essbase Cloud got released, a new Excel add-in coming with the Essbase Cloud, the Cube Designer. We briefly discussed about the Cube Designer in the previous posts. Now, let’s dig into more details. Basically, we are able to use Cube Designer to connect to Essbase application. It helps us to design, create and…
We have discussed the EPM automate many times. From an admin perspective, it is very useful. It enables service admins to remotely perform tasks within Oracle EPM Cloud instances and automate many repeatable tasks, such as import and export of metadata and data, refresh database, launch business rules, run data load rules, etc. But…
As we know, Smart View is an Office add-in, which provides a common Office interface for EPM products. Through Smart View, we are able to link to the on-premise Hyperion, Essbase, PBCS, and other EPM applications. We can view, import, distribute data in Excel, Word and PowerPoint. But you may or may not…