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Editor’s Note: This guest blog post comes courtesy of Gail Cole with Avalara. Despite having the best intentions, businesses sometimes make mistakes when it comes to filing sales tax. They may apply the wrong rate to a sale, treat a taxable transaction as exempt, or file a return late — or not at all. No matter what the […]

Editor’s Note: This guest blog post comes courtesy of Gail Cole with Avalara. Since there’s something inexplicably festive about not having to pay sales tax on normally taxable purchases, sales tax holidays are aptly named. For consumers, these events are all about savings. For retailers, they’re about a whole lot more. Sales tax compliance is always complicated, especially […]

Editor’s Note: This guest blog post comes courtesy of Gail Cole with Avalara. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. is a game changer for online sellers and other businesses that sell across state lines. A state can only tax a business that has nexus, a significant connection to the state. For decades, nexus […]

Recently the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) transformed a traditional annual operating budget process into a more forward-looking, driver-based rolling forecast process. This innovative transition was accomplished through the implementation of a unique forecast model that uses Hyperion Planning with ASO integration. To learn more about this new and innovative model, tune […]

On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. ruled that physical presence in a state is no longer required of a company before a state can require the out-of-state seller to collect and remit sales and use taxes in that state. In the case of South […]

Following my previous blog post on how to add a new Dimension to a Data Sync task, this post looks at how to add a Fact and perform a lookup on dimensions while loading the target fact table in a data warehouse using Data Sync. To refer to the blog post on adding a Dimension […]

In the Past In previous releases of OSC, if a record needs to update based on custom business logic then we may have to rely on external code that executes the logic and update the records in OSC through web services or update using batch data load. Now with R12 and R13, this approach has changed, […]

The average age of a company listed on the S&P 500 has fallen from almost 60 years old in the 1950s to less than 20 years old today. Innovative companies that are willing to embrace transformative technologies make the list today, while businesses that are hesitant to embrace change risk becoming obsolete. Thriving companies, innovators, […]

In this and the following post, I will cover the steps entailed in adding dimension and fact tasks in Oracle Data Sync. The latest releases of Data Sync included a few important features such as performing look-ups during an ETL job. So I intend to cover these best practices when adding new dimension and fact […]

If you are already running OBIEE/OBIA on premises and wondering about your options to migrate to Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), you are not alone. Many are overwhelmed by this transition and might be asking themselves questions such as “What does it take to get migrated to the cloud? When should I make this transition? What […]

In Part 5 of my blog post series, I discussed Project Billing Methods. In this post, I will focus on Expenditure Types. What are Expenditure Types? An expenditure type is a cost classification assigned to each expenditure item you enter in Oracle Projects. They are made up of the following elements: - An (a) expenditure […]

Oracle Internet of Things (IoT) Cloud Service helps you make critical business decisions and develop strategies by providing numerous applications that allow its users an inside perspective on their company’s facts and figures. Some of these applications include connecting your devices to the cloud and analyzing data and alert messages from those devices in real […]