Changing Dense vs Sparse Settings for an Essbase/Planning App
As soon as a planning application is created or a BSO Essbase cube, dimensions are tagged as either dense or sparse. The dimension of the type Account and period are tagged as dense by default and all...
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A Better Way to Analyze Your Logs
At Perficient, our SupportNet team uses a variety of tools for analyzing logs across the Oracle applications. There are a number of different file formats, which often makes parsing logs troublesome....
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How to Restore PBCS Application Artifacts and Data from Snapshot
I recently wrote a blog post describing the process to create and download Oracle PBCS application SnapShots to local disks. Now I’m sharing a step-by-step look at the process of importing an...
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Oracle Big Data Discovery Cloud Service
Oracle Big Data Discovery Cloud service is a single-tenant Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering in Oracle Public Cloud. It is a part of Oracle’s complete Big Data solution, available on-premises and...
View ArticleEssbase Substitution Variables
Essbase substitution variables are placeholders that hold a value and can be passed in a calc script, load rule, reports etc. Substitution variables can be created at the Essbase server level, the...
View ArticleWhy Oracle Cloud for Enterprise Planning and Budgeting
Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) is a subscription-based service released in May 2016. There are numerous reasons why you should consider EPBCS, but I’ve outlined my top...
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Oracle Big Data Preparation Cloud Service
Are your business data volumes growing rapidly? Are your business data sets becoming increasingly varied and complex? Do you get data from number of sources, and in different formats? Do you want to...
View ArticleRMM’ing Your EPM Systems
Do you like being awakened by a phone call from an unfriendly manager because a system you are responsible for has failed? Do you enjoy a good old fashioned scolding by an executive because a financial...
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Kscope17 Highlight: How to Model Complex Oracle BI Data Security
Kscope17, ODTUG’s user conference known for providing a rich opportunity for networking and education on Oracle technologies, is quickly approaching and we’re excited to connect with you at the event....
View ArticleWanna[Cry|Scream|Belch] Ransomware
I breathed a sigh of relief last Friday when I learned that Microsoft had patched a vulnerability in March that was recently exploited by the WannaCrypt0r ransomware. I opt to have Windows OS updates...
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VMware Workstation 11 – Host Unable to Ping Guest VM
I recently ran into an issue in which I was unable to ping a guest VM from a host machine. Let me explain my scenario before jumping into how I resolved the issue. I built a Linux VM running on Windows...
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Data Security in Oracle BI: Are You Prepared?
It seems a good time to talk about security as the WannaCry ransomware attack outbreak two weeks ago is spreading like a wildfire and leaving the world helpless with the kidnapped documents, images,...
View ArticleImprove Your Essbase Calculation Capability
The Essbase Block Storage (BSO) database is a powerful calculation engine capable of executing oodles of formulae with very few lines of code. But there’s a catch. You need to learn how to do it right....
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Practical Application of Oracle HFM Consolidation Options
There are three consolidation options in Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM): Consolidate All Consolidate All with Data Consolidate What each option does has been appropriately discussed in many...
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Oracle Integration Cloud Service
Oracle Integration Cloud Service is a PaaS offering from Oracle. Since its introduction in 2014, the Oracle Integration Cloud Service has gained its position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant. Oracle...
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Data Relationship Management Versioning (Part 1)
The ability to create different versions of hierarchies within Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM) is one of the tool’s biggest benefits. The definition of a version is simply the grouping of...
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Archive PBCS Snapshots to Amazon S3 Cloud Storage
Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) low-cost S3 cloud storage provides a cost-efficient solution to archive snapshot files extracted from Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS). In the following...
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Day by Day: An Oracle Personal Assistant for Enterprise Analytics
You are in a hurry and away from your office desk but really need an important piece of information before your next call or meeting. If only Siri or Google Voice can help. These personal assistants...
View ArticleFCCS Multiple Reporting Currencies
How many times have you encountered clients who asked that their consolidated financial statements be in more than one currency? FCCS has a built in solution to meet this request. Currencies in FCCS...
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PBCS vs. EPBCS: The Planning Cloud Decision
“CLOUD! CLOUD! CLOUD!” Oracle offers TWO Planning applications on the cloud: PBCS and EPBCS. The following blog will describe the differences between the two and how Perficient can demonstrate the...
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