The Best of Both Worlds – Smart View and Financial Reporting
Clients often ask the question: Is it better to use Oracle Hyperion Smart View or Financial Reporting? The short answer is, why not use both? By understanding both Smart View and Financial Reporting,...
View ArticleUsing ODI to Load an Essbase Exported File to an Oracle Table
Here, we’ll cover the ability to use ODI for one its basic features: extracting data from Essbase and using the exported file to load to a table. It turns out that ODI was not recognizing the file...
View ArticleOrthofix Implements ARCS and FCCS [Webinar Q&A – Part 2]
In this second post, of a two-part blog post highlighting the Q&A session of a recent Perficient webinar, Orthofix Improves its Financial Close and Consolidations with Oracle Cloud (ARCS &...
View ArticleBusiness Analytics Cloud at Collaborate 17 #C17LV
At the Collaborate 17 conference, I attended the official announcement of the release of Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), delivered by John Hagerty, VP of Product Management. It was a clear message from...
View ArticleSmart View 11.1.2.5.700 Released
Smart View 11.1.2.5.700 was released on Friday and brings a few new anticipated features. Here is a recap from the patch readme: You can now insert Planning forms as charts into Microsoft PowerPoint,...
View ArticleEPBCS: How to Create and Configure Workforce Planning
With the recent launch of Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS), Oracle adds yet another cloud-based application purposed to centralize and simplify your Planning application...
View ArticleOBIEE 12c – WebLogic Fails to Start After Updating OPSS Password
This issue applies not only to the OBIEE 12c, but also to other 12c infrastructure. When a database OPSS user account password expires or when you update the OPSS user account with a new password, you...
View ArticleOBIEE 12c – Access Prohibited For Active Directory User
Assigning Active Directory User to a particular Role in the Enterprise Manager (EM) does not acquire the Application Role in the OBIEE 12c. This issue can happen when the user Display Name and the...
View ArticleEmpower Business Users with Oracle Data Visualization [Webinar]
With Oracle Data Visualization Cloud Service, your business users can perform self-service analytics, spot patterns, trends, correlations, and construct visual data stories for greater insight into how...
View ArticleNeed to Upload BAI2 Bank Statements? Here’s How (Pt. 1)
Throughout my career as a consultant, I have run into several clients that want to manually load their bank statements into Oracle. Since the implementation of electronic uploads can be time-consuming...
View ArticleEPBCS — Beyond Accounting and Finance
Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) can be used to address needs beyond financial planning and analysis. Typical use cases in other corporate functions are: Sales: Sales and...
View ArticleOracle Internet of Things (IoT) Cloud Service
Internet of Things (IoT) provides a huge opportunity to gather valuable data about your products, your business processes, and your customers by analyzing IoT data at scale and enriching it with other...
View ArticleHow to Backup Planning Application Cloud Service (PBCS)
Oracle Backup Policy “Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud creates the snapshot by backing up artifacts of all service components and Essbase data present in your service instance during the maintenance...
View ArticleNeed to Upload BAI2 Bank Statements? Here’s How (Pt. 2)
Now that you know where you need to add transaction codes in your Fusion instance, you must now make sure you classify them appropriately. In case you don’t already know, Oracle reads bank statements...
View ArticleWhy Oracle DRM is Essential for Managing Master Data (Part 5)
Every organization has a process for managing its data. It’s a must in today’s digital world. We all know this, but we also know that many organizations struggle with their data management processes....
View ArticleOracle PBCS Application Instance Restart
After reviewing Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) documentation, I found a EPMAUTOMATE command that I consider to be useful for all developers and administrators. The “resetservice”...
View ArticleOracle Big Data Cloud Service
Oracle Big Data Cloud Service is a PaaS subscription model with a pre-configured Oracle Big Data environment. This includes a complete installation of the Cloudera Distribution including Apache Hadoop...
View ArticleNeed to Upload BAI2 Bank Statements? (Pt. 3)
In my previous blog posts (Part 1 and Part 2), I reviewed the steps to configure the system, so it will read the bank transaction codes. Now I will review the import and upload process, which is the...
View ArticleHow to Empower Your Business Users with Oracle Data Visualization
Many shifts are happening today, with technology changing at such a pace, business users are relying on data to keep up with the industry and beat the competition. Business users are expecting more...
View ArticleOracle Big Data SQL Cloud Service
In my previous post, I talked about Oracle Big Data Cloud Service. Then, what is Oracle Big Data SQL Cloud Service? Like Oracle Big Data Cloud Service, Oracle Big Data SQL Cloud Service is a PaaS...
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