Oracle

We had a client where, by nature of their business, base entities may move from one parent to another. However, all historical data must stay with their previous parent. Only prospective data will belong to the new parent. There may be several ways of complying with this client requirement, but for me, the simplest way […]

Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) data resides at the intersection of all the application dimensions. Consequently, data security should be defined at the dimension intersection. One of our clients requested us to review their HFM security in preparation for their annual audit. The application was previously built by a different consulting group and based on the […]

I’ve had the pleasure of working with some great minds over the years. I recently met up with one of those great minds and had a conversation regarding account-based marketing. The buzz is on account-based marketing, and it should be, so I’ve discovered. I don’t tend to get wrapped up in the buzz because I […]

Prerequisites : Download Oracle E-Business Software Development kit for Java Release 11i and 12 pdf and I have downloaded the patch p13882058_R12_GENERIC Follow the steps given for configuring Apps Data Source on Oracle Web Logic Server (WLS), and creating security realms Once the Step 2 is completed data source and the security realm is completed. […]

A Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) application is always tailored to the client’s needs, business environment, and available data. It is almost impossible to lift an existing application and implement it in a different business environment. For this reason, documentation is extremely important. A design document ensures that the client and the consultant are on the […]

The definition of a lead isn’t that hard to find. By most standards, it is someone who has raised their hand. They are wanting to consume the information that is being generated by your company. They may view your company as a thought leader, have an interest in a webinar that you are giving, a […]

Coworking is a style of work where an employee shares a working environment with others who are typically not employed by the same organization. This style of work is attractive to independent contractors, work-at-home professionals, and others who often work in relative isolation. I expect to see a rise in rural coworking as more companies […]

In part one and part two of this series I addressed two of the three methods I identified that can be used on PBCS to extract data from the command line and scheduled to run without user interaction. In this third and final post of the series, I will explain how to extract data using […]

The first blog post in this series, How to Extract Data from Planning Budget Cloud Service (PBCS), covered data extraction using the native data export PBCS functionality. Continuing with this series, I’ll describe the second method to extract data from an Oracle PBCS instance. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages. This post will focus on […]

For years, I have used either Oracle Virtual Box or VMWare Workstation for creating test servers so I could spend quality time with new versions of the Oracle EPM software.  This has required me to maintain a rather expensive and bulky workstation class laptop.  A high-end laptop capable of running a virtual machine with 4 […]

Here are the blogs that I have posted previously as part of my blog series on Oracle DataSync (BICS). Best Practice to ETL with Data Sync (BICS) In this blog, I am going to talk about three different ways to integrate Oracle ERP Cloud data with Data Sync (BICS) through OTBI.         […]

HFM/FDMEE have been successfully replacing spreadsheets to achieve efficiency and accuracy during month end close. It is rarely discussed that HFM/FDMEE have also successfully replaced other systems used for consolidation and reporting. In one of our recent implementations, our client previously acquired a large group of companies based in Asia Pacific which had been using […]