Platforms and Technology

The issue: Index not updating properly A while back I ran into an issue where the index on the CD server was not updating correctly.   I checked the EventQueue table and the event existed to update the index but it just wasn’t happening.   I cleared the EventQueue table and tried again but in some cases […]

Since the announcement of the Microsoft/Adobe partnership at Ignite, we at Perficient have been working to make this a first-class offer for our clients. The internet wouldn’t exist if all the world’s computers were isolated from one another. Networking is the foundation of modern day computing, so it’s only logical to start with this topic! […]

DevOps is no longer a niche strategy. By the end of 2016, more than 25% of Global 2000 organizations employed DevOps strategies, and that number will continue to grow. (Gartner) Is your company at the forefront of this trend or lagging behind? Check out our latest white paper, “Leveraging the Microsoft Platform for DevOps.” You’ll […]

Do you talk to your mobile device in public? Would you do it on the street, but not in a restroom? Why? We wanted to know, so we surveyed 914 users to learn how they interact with devices today, with many questions focusing on how they use voice commands with their smartphones. Without further ado, […]

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 […]

When building an HFM application, one of the application settings is Node Security which is either Parent or Entity. What is the difference between these two choices? Selecting “Entity” means that user access is defined strictly by entity security while “Parent” means that user access considers Parent security. To illustrate assume the following: The user […]

It’s a well-known fact that the consumer mobile market is nearing the point of saturation, which has led many businesses to pull back on B2C mobile initiatives and instead focus on one singular customer experience. But what about enterprise mobile? The internal, B2B, business-use applications? Enterprise mobile goes beyond customer experience: enterprise mobile creates a […]

Promoting a base entity to a parent entity in Hyperion Financial Management application should be avoided. Parent data are normally the summation of all the “Contribution Total” from its children. Parent entities do not have its own data in HFM other than adjustments if entity dimension attributes allow adjustments at parent level. In an existing […]

Last week at CES, Microsoft announced the “Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform,” which the company describes as: “…a set of services built on the Microsoft Azure cloud and designed to empower auto manufacturers to create custom connected driving experiences. This is not an in-car operating system or a ‘finished product;’ it’s a living, agile platform that […]

2016 saw the continued growth of cloud adoption among large organizations as well as predictions around the technology. Some of the notable highlights included: Gartner’s declaration that by 2020, a corporate no-cloud policy will be as rare as a no-internet policy is today. Forrester’s prediction that the public cloud services market will grow to $236 […]

A client in the manufacturing industry I was working with recently upgraded from Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) version 9.3 to 11.1.2.4. Their application design in V9.3 served their management reporting needs so well that they required the same functionality in 11.1.2.4. Managerial reporting is very important to the client in addition to their statutorial reporting requirements. […]

Happy New Year!  Hope 2017 is off to a great start for you! Eloqua has a release coming in the next few weeks.  Breakdown of which PODs are when… POD2 is January 10th POD7 is January 13th POD6 is January 13th POD3 is January 15th POD4 is January 20th POD1 is January 22nd If you […]