Technical

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 […]

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. […]

The Nielsen Norman Group just released the results of its 16th Annual Intranet Design Awards. You can check out the winners here, but we were more interested in the trends that the Nielsen Norman Group found among the winners. As developers of Rise, Perficient’s approach to the modern intranet, we like to make sure we’re […]

While we rolled into 2017, I thought it would be neat to see what our readers were, well, reading. Without further ado, here are the top 10 blog posts Perficient’s financial services practice wrote that seemed to be popular among readers. They’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. Citi’s Digital […]

Cloud presents a unique challenge for organizations still reaping the benefits of their legacy on-premises assets. As the competition emerges in cloud-native and hybrid cloud solutions, those who continue to operate in the status quo find themselves in an odd middle ground. One of those challenges is the management of customer data. As consumers engage […]

It’s that time of the year again to reflect on how we did on last year’s New Year’s resolutions. One of my goals last year was to keep up on my email and maintain a clean inbox. I tried several methods to keep my new found motivation, such as only checking and responding to emails […]

Every organization has different goals for transitioning into DevOps. For some, it’s the promise of automation and automatic deployments while others are looking for smoother, lower-cost work in their development organizations. What all who have adopted DevOps can say is that the philosophy has transformed their organization and generally for the better. If you’re still […]

While we rolled into 2017, I thought it would be neat to see what our readers were, well, reading. Without further ado, here are the top 10 blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote that seemed to be popular among readers. They’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. The 8 […]

In part one of our blog series, we discussed the evolution of the modern workforce and its impact on the modern intranet. In this second post, we’ll take a closer look at the elements of a modern intranet and the common scenarios that a modern intranet should support. The definition of a modern intranet is […]

Remember the good ol’ days when you were learning how to code, and all that mattered was getting the code to compile and making sure the site rendered what you expected? You probably tried to keep your code organized and readable; after all, you had to be able to understand what you wrote. Maybe you […]

Finance Transformation has been a catchphrase in the enterprise performance management (EPM) industry for several years. But what does finance transformation mean exactly? From our perspective, it begins with the marriage of modern, digital technologies with a strong governance philosophy. When this occurs, a finance organization is transformed into a prescient voice shaping business strategy. […]

Are your customer support platforms primed for customer experience demands in the coming years? If not, then consider Liferay, the Digital Experience Platform (DXP) trusted by brands including Volkswagen Group of America. As we’ve shared here before, Liferay is an open-source solution offering enterprises a variety of features at a fraction of the price on […]