In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment, provider organizations must be able to identify financial performance gaps continuously and quickly change course when needed. As we discussed in my blog: Elevating the Role of Finance within the Hospital, this requires a partnership with operations to ensure that the correct metrics are correlated within the budget process, […]
Posts Tagged ‘Hyperion’
Workforce Budgeting via Oracle’s Public Sector Planning
Many public sector planning organizations struggle with common challenges during their planning and budgeting process. Inadequate tools for tracking expenses by Fund, Program, Project, or Activity Existing systems prone to mistakes No process control Fragile, easy to break Difficult to generate reports Oracle’s Hyperion Public Sector planning application is a great fit for preparing workforce […]
Cross Dimension Validation
Or…How do I assure my users pick the correct Entity / Cost Center combination? The Situation: Planning 11.1.2.1 Client has an Entity and a Cost Center dimension End users primarily use Data Forms for data entry The Cost Centers are setup such that they begin with the Entity and then have a 6 digit code. […]
Where is this Hyperion product located in the Oracle stack?
Where is this Hyperion product located in the Oracle stack? Though it had been years now since the Oracle Hyperion acquisition, it is very hard for me to keep up and understand the oracle stack with respect to Hyperion. Yes I admit I have a very poor memory; I revisit Oracle websites many times to […]
Oracle Hyperion Planning – Learning Path
After your purchase of Oracle Hyperion Planning, you are now ready to follow a curriculum geared towards your job role: business user, administrator, or IT support. Each learning path is tailored to meet your specific training needs. Planning Business Users are responsible for making accurate, timely decisions that require an in-depth look at business operations. […]
Oracle Essbase Learning Path
After your purchase of Oracle Essbase, you are now ready to follow a curriculum geared towards your job role: business user, developer, or IT support. Each learning path is tailored to meet your specific training needs. Business Users models and test complex business scenarios to rapidly discover trends and to analyze business issues hidden within […]
What are the HFM services and which ones should be running?
I am often asked which HFM services should be running in a given Oracle EPM environment. Below are descriptions taken from the Oracle installation documentation for each of the four HFM services. The last column depicts when these services should be running. Service Name Service Display Name Description Requirement Hyperion S9 Financial Management Service Hyperion […]
Hyperion Financial Management Learning Path
As promised, here is the breakdown of the first learning path. It is good to know that with each product offered, there is a specific curriculum specified for the Business User, the Administrator and IT Support personnel. Business User Business users perform value-added analysis, report on new sources of profitability and cash flow at all […]
Learn Oracle at the Oracle Education Facility
The Oracle Education department has made some changes this year. We have installed 34 machines with dual monitors for our students. So far, Perficient Inc. is the only Oracle Education Facility in Texas which offers this convenience for students being able to work with their eKit and programs running side by side. Our intensive, hands-on […]
What I Learned at Oracle Open World, #OOW13
Oracle OpenWorld 2013 turned out to be one of my best experiences with a trade-show ever! I made new contacts, I learned about product strategy and I learned about awesome customer stories related to innovative healthcare solutions. Perficient’s Lesli Adams @lesliadams provided innovative solution overviews highlighting healthcare business intelligence solutions #OBIEE for Patient Centered Medical […]
4 Capabilities of an Effective Financial Forecasting Model
Terie McClintock, Director of Oracle Core at Perficient, recently wrote a blog on financial forecasting models for healthcare reform: Financial forecasting captures relevant operational, statistical and financial data in one place to enable sound planning and decision making. In addition, forecasting fosters a common understanding of business drivers and their effect on operations and financial […]
Financial Forecasting Models for Healthcare Reform
Financial forecasting captures relevant operational, statistical and financial data in one place to enable sound planning and decision making. In addition, forecasting fosters a common understanding of business drivers and their effect on operations and financial performance. Effective Financial Forecasting and Enterprise Performance Management require these capabilities: – Capabilities for Budgeting and Flexible Variance Analysis […]