Posts Tagged ‘enterprise performance management’

At a recent user conference, I was asked, “why do I need DRM in my organization?” A very interesting question with both a short and long answer. Let’s cover the short answer first… DRM (Data Relationship Management) provides organizations the ability to centralize the governance of enterprise dimensional master data while ensuring the data is […]

This blog deals with  Global Organizational Data needs where there is insufficient window of non-Business hours to run heavy batch loads and at the same time a provision to access the data 24 hours with  negligible or no interference. Why 24 hours availability is needed? Organizations have a high need for 24 hour availability of […]

Gone are the days when several spreadsheets, pen and paper, and calculators are needed to reconcile financial reports. A common challenge in financial reporting is validating that what gets reported on executive dashboards matches with more detailed financial statements and transaction level reporting. What aggravates this endeavor is the fact that executive level dashboards are […]

According to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, about 60 percent of individuals over 65 will require some type of long-term care services during their lifetime and over 40 percent will receive care in a nursing home for some period.1 Through the Medicare Care Choices Model, in conjunction with payment reform initiatives, (CMS)  there is […]

Many of us may have used SET DATAEXPORTOPTIONS. But I noticed that there are some glitches in that command usage that is not documented explicitly. It can cause a “LOT” of trouble with respect to performance. I spent few hours on this and thought will share it with you all to save some time. However, […]

Interested to get a closer look at how quick-to-deploy and scale-able Oracle BI Cloud Service is? Meet us at Oracle Open World on Oct 29th, for a best practices and case study of CPI Card Group, a leading provider in payment card production and services. Tyler Wilson of CPI Card Group will join me in telling […]

Hyperion Planning Runtime Prompt Security Situation As many of you know, one of the benefits of using a business rule over a calculation script is their ability to utilize run time prompts.  Run time prompts allow the business rule to be dynamically customized to the point of view (POV) the user is currently working with.  […]

Over the last few years, we’ve learned that one of the greatest appeals of the move to the cloud is that the providers’ capital expenditures enable users to focus their budgets on operational expenses. After all, a standard on-premise approach can require you to purchase, install and maintain the software and hardware, while also spending […]

Whether it’s internal changes based on re-organization or business lines, or external requirements including new regulations, corporate finance teams need robust solutions that delivering information more quickly and accurately than ever. Employing up-to-date applications, including cloud-based solutions, can be the most effective way for companies to leverage functionality that meets the latest financial reporting challenges. […]

If you’ve attended a recent Oracle EPM conference, you are likely aware that Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) has been the most successful cloud launch in Oracle’s history. That success has been fueled by many factors, including perceived difficulties with the predecessor to PBCS, Hyperion Planning. As of this writing, Oracle claims over […]

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 […]

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 […]