Operations

  You’ve heard that saying before, right? Okay, it’s slightly different than the original one, which refers to IBM (one of our partners, too). But it’s true: to our knowledge, no client has ever regretted their implementation of the Google Search Appliance (GSA) solution. In fact, it’s quite the contrary. We consistently hear positive feedback […]

Recovery of data in Essbase is sometimes confusing and time consuming depending on the type and frequency of backups previously taken. In this short article, I’ll give you an idea of how you can restore a slice of data based on the most famous Essbase backup, THE DATA EXPORT.  I’m assuming that you know how […]

This week there’s a short, excellent article on the Forbes site about Boise State University and its transition to a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning solution. Even though one of the advantages of cloud is the relatively quick rollout time (compared to customized software), the school’s leaders knew that employees aren’t always eager to embrace a […]

Many folks have a bit of trouble getting their arms around the Essbase Block Storage Calculation Script syntax – especially if they have spent time previously working in relational databases. Essbase BSO calculation syntax looks nothing like structured query language. In the Essbase Bootcamp and the Essbase Calculations for Block Storage Databases classes, I will […]

  In marketing, the amount of traffic to a website, blog, or other digital asset is important. Generally speaking, the more the merrier. It often defines success. What if I were to tell you that the same goes for your Intranet portals? You know, the places you go to search your company’s research papers, clinical […]

  Since President Obama’s State of the Union address in January, much has been said about precision medicine. And, rightly so. The ability to treat common and rare diseases based on genomic and patient data is showing incredible promise. However, the medical community agrees that significant changes need to be made to federal healthcare policies […]

Code list maintenance is critical in Oracle’s Argus Safety. These code lists often present as drop-downs in the case entry sub-system. While the entry, modification or removal of these list of value options are very convenient, it does take some effort to ensure the reliable data points that are used everywhere in the system are […]

Usually the Enterprise Scheduler Service (ESS) Health Check fails if the Application Stripe ESSAPP is missing. To know, if the Application Stripe does exist, please do the following: 1. Go to EM 2. Go to Domain > Security > Application Roles Click on Application Stripe drop down list If the ESSAPP is missing in the […]

  Over the past few months, the life sciences practice has produced several free resources related to the 21 CFR Part 11 regulation that governs electronic records and electronic signatures. To make it easy for our industry colleagues to find those resources, we decided to create a single blog post that links to all of […]

  One of the most common questions we hear from clients is “What file formats can Google Search Appliance (GSA) index?” Since so many people are curious, we decided to share the answer with you in our blog. It goes a little something like this: The number of file formats GSA can index is incredible. […]

When will we see a significant footprint established by Oracle in the Production-Server hosting realm for Cloud Services? Not anytime soon. However, Oracle, albeit recently, has realized the potential of an almost non-existent market in the Cloud Services division. The integration of Hyperion Financial Management on Cloud Services has the potential to become the next […]

  Perficient’s Life Sciences practice regularly monitors the software release notes for several Oracle Health Sciences applications, as well as our own clinical and safety systems. The systems covered in our review are: