Posts Tagged ‘Oracle’

Let’s not kid ourselves. Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) implementations are not easy. The complexity surrounding EPM processes and requirements grows by the day (probably an understatement). We can probably all agree that this is the natural evolution of things for one reason or another. Luckily, Oracle’s suite of EPM solutions provide technical features to solve […]

Oracle’s EPM Cloud December release contains some exciting new features for EDM. Many of the features are centered on enhancing the capabilities of building Expressions within the solution. For those not familiar with expressions in EDM… Expressions enable developers to define business logic to manage data. Expressions can be used within properties to transform data, […]

Free From Planning has been an application type available for a couple years now. However, it has not been as widely used as the other Planning types such as EPBCS. I suspect that may change with one of the recent features recently released by Oracle. Before we dive the key feature, it’s best to provide […]

The internet is on fire with recent news of a new security vulnerability identified in Apache Log4j. Log4j is an open-source logging framework used by major Java-based enterprise applications and servers. The vulnerability is being considered as one of the most dangerous ones found in recent years. It potentially allows attackers to execute arbitrary code […]

This past week, Mazen Manasseh, business analytics director, Perficient, presented Power Business Insights With Machine Learning and Oracle Analytics. Forward-thinking organizations are increasingly using machine learning (ML) to increase the level of predictive analytics that they can perform on datasets. The ML capabilities of Oracle Analytics are not only rich, but easy to use with […]

Can I bend your ear for a moment? I want to talk to you about the importance of User Groups in today’s business environment, which has found companies experiencing the need to undergo sweeping, rapid changes. It’s not just employers navigating a tsunami of challenges, ranging from managing a displaced workforce to supply chain woes […]

Forward-thinking organizations are increasingly using machine learning (ML) to increase the level of predictive analytics that they can perform on datasets. The ML capabilities of Oracle Analytics are not only rich, but easy to use with built-in drag-and-drop functions onto visualizations, autonomous prediction execution, and custom-trained ML models. Join us to learn how Oracle Analytics […]

Oracle EPM customers need to prepare for several upcoming changes for November 2021. These changes are mentioned in the Important Actions and Considerations section of the October Update documentation. The documentation can be found here. While the updates highlighted in this post are not critical in nature, administrators and power users should be aware in […]

The October update for Oracle EDM (Enterprise Data Management) contains over 15 new features. Many of which are intended to enhance the experience for the non-technical user. Continue reading below as we highlight the three most significant that all EDM customers, or prospective customers, should know.   Subscriptions Actions Improved Previously, subscriptions were not able […]

Are you confident your business is sales tax compliant? After the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the state in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., it’s not uncommon for tax compliance to come into question. Our partner, Avalara, provides a cloud-based application that includes functionality to accurately calculate various types of […]

Oracle’s EPM September release contains three key updates. These three updates impact Smart View users, customers using Data Management, and those using journals within Financial Consolidation and Close. Continue reading below for explanations of each!   Smart View – Drill to All Levels in Base A new option named “Drill to All Levels in Base” […]

Automation is a critical aspect of any mature technological platform. Oracle’s recent updates to their EPM Cloud offerings include several new and exciting automation capabilities. Continue to read below for explanation on several of the noteworthy enhancements.   New and Improved EPM Automate Commands cloneEnvironment – Provides ability to clone the environment.  The UsersAndPreDefinedRoles optional […]