Platforms and Technology

Essbase substitution variables are placeholders that hold a value and can be passed in a calc script, load rule, reports etc. Substitution variables can be created at the Essbase server level, the application or at the database level. Forward slash / is the escape character that can be used if single quote is in the substitution […]

With Amazon’s Device Farm technology, you can now easily upload your app and choose an Android or an iOS device to test your app. You will get screenshots, videos of the tests that were run and most importantly, the real-time reports of the tests that were completed. It is as simple as uploading a file […]

At last year’s Milken Institute Global Conference, an annual event that attracts some of the world’s most extraordinary people to explore solutions to today’s most pressing challenges, a group of experts gathered for a discussion on the future of blockchain. Brian Forde, who is now a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, […]

Oracle Big Data Discovery Cloud service is a single-tenant Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering in Oracle Public Cloud. It is a part of Oracle’s complete Big Data solution, available on-premises and in the Cloud for seamless Big Data management and analysis in any environment. Oracle Big Data Discovery Cloud Service is a set of […]

I recently wrote a blog post describing the process to create and download Oracle PBCS application SnapShots to local disks. Now I’m sharing a step-by-step look at the process of importing an application onto PBCS. In this article, I will describe how to remotely execute predefined commands to upload files and migrated Artifacts SnapShot. To […]

Over the past year, we’ve seen how cloud computing has driven new and innovative business models, from the popularization of artificial intelligence to the arrival of virtual reality in the consumer market. For businesses of all sizes, cloud enables greater collaboration, faster innovation to market, and lower operating costs. Cloud has allowed for the maturation […]

Executives from Boeing, Express Scripts, and MasterCard came together today to share their insights on bringing innovation into their organization through technologies like cloud and DevOps at Gateway to Innovation in St. Louis. In the 45-minute session, the panelists shared best practices, tips, and, of course, challenges. How do you move massive, established organizations like […]

At Perficient, our SupportNet team uses a variety of tools for analyzing logs across the Oracle applications. There are a number of different file formats, which often makes parsing logs troublesome. We have adopted use of regular expressions to help parse the variety of formats that we have to routinely analyze. “A regular expression (regex […]

As soon as a planning application is created or a BSO Essbase cube, dimensions are tagged as either dense or sparse. The dimension of the type Account and period are tagged as dense by default and all others are sparse. A sparse dimension is one with a low percentage of available data positions filled. A […]

In my previous post, I talked about Oracle Big Data Cloud Service. Then, what is Oracle Big Data SQL Cloud Service? Like Oracle Big Data Cloud Service, Oracle Big Data SQL Cloud Service is a PaaS subscription model. Oracle Big Data SQL Cloud Service is Oracle’s breakthrough approach to simplifying access to big data sources. […]

Many shifts are happening today, with technology changing at such a pace, business users are relying on data to keep up with the industry and beat the competition. Business users are expecting more than dashboards and reports. They don’t want to be handed off with a set of reports and dashboards which are pre-built by […]

Success in a mobile-driven world depends on a sound mobile strategy. But establishing and implementing a winning strategy is a challenging task that can be costly if mismanaged. Your mobile strategy should be much more than just building an app because it feels like the thing to do – it should outline how mobile will […]