Demystifying Oracle’s Business Analytics Cloud Offerings
Author: Tom Blakeley, Performance ArchitectsCloud, Cloud, Cloud, Cloud! …It is all we have heard about for the past year in the business analytics space, particularly as Oracle releases offerings...
View ArticleWhy BSO Disk Space doesn’t follow Block Density
When choosing which BSO (or Hybrid) dimensions to make dense and which to make sparse, a higher block density is generally considered ‘better’. This is a simplification, as the densest combination...
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Three Critical Components to Lasting Success
As I approach my ten year work anniversary with CheckPoint, I begin to ponder on the various reasons why the organization has been so successful and taken to new heights year over year. While taking a...
View ArticleCalling All EPM Volunteers
Ladies and gentlemen...we are proud to announce the new ODTUG Volunteer Job Board! What is it? The ODTUG Volunteer Job Board (version 1.0) is a simple list of approved volunteer opportunities. These...
View ArticleBuilding a Hyperion Home Lab: Choosing Your Memory
We have our first two major components, but now we need memory. After all, memory is what Hyperion craves, and each release seems to need that much more. Each of our budget options has a different...
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Essbase 11.1.2.4 – Did you know?
Short and sweet today….While researching something else today, I came across this following gem in the Essbase 11.1.2.4 new features document that I didn’t pay attention to before…MaxL Grammar Changes...
View ArticleUpcoming ODTUG Webinars
Below is the list of upcoming webinars. If there is a topic you would like covered that is not on our current list, or if you would like to present a webinar, please email Melissa@odtug.com. Did you...
View ArticleODTUG Database Community TwitChat #2
The Database Community held its second Twitchat on Tuesday, January 26, at 7:30 PM EST. ODTUG volunteer Galo Balda hosted the event. Check out the conversation:
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Using JavaScript in Oracle DRM
Beginning in DRM release 11.1.2.3,JavaScript has been added as a means to process business logic on derived properties and to create validations; though this blog post will focus on the former.For...
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Why Do Rolling Forecasts Matter?
Author: Andy Tauro, Performance ArchitectsAre you happy with your current forecasting process? Is it providing the means to guidance that can be implemented? Or do you find yourself increasingly...
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Map Smart List to Dimension
As you all notice PBCS does not yet offer the possibility to create attribute dimensions. One of the solutions to get around this is to choose to map a smart list to a dimension in the map reporting...
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FDMEE Mapping Part I: The Fundamentals
The most basic and vital use of FDMEE is its mapping functionality. Mapping is so integral to the application that without it users have no way of integrating or validating their data into HFM. This...
View ArticleODTUG February E-News
As part of our continuing effort to offer learning opportunities in all areas relevant to our membership, ODTUG is pleased to announce the second annual ODTUG Women in Technology Scholarship Program....
View ArticleBrian @ KScope 16
As the year rapidly passes me by, I realize that KScope isn’t really that far away. I hope to meet many of in Chicago this June! I’ve been very fortunate to have two presentations selected again this...
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Essbase Web Services Part 4
Back again for the final part in the series looking at the Essbase Web Services and today I will focus on the operations that are available in the Query module which covers both metadata and data.If...
View ArticleBuilding a Hyperion Home Lab: Choosing Your Chassis and Power Supply
We’re slowly nearing the exciting completion of our new Hyperion Home Lab! Now that we have all of the key components (besides storage), we need something to power our lab and a place for it to call...
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Integrating Oracle EPM with IBM Cognos Command Center
Generally, you would not think to use IBM products when working with Oracle EPM solutions. There is at least one combination that I would recommend exploring. Below I will walk through the advantages...
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OBIEE 11g – Unmerge Cells When Downloading OBI Reports to Excel
Many users of OBI like the functionality of being to export OBI reports into excel. However, it can be frustrating for the user when excel automatically merges cells for them.For example, the OBIEE...
View ArticleThe EPM Week In Review: Week Ending February 13, 2016
Welcome to the inaugural post of what I hope to make a weekly post collecting all of the news and information that was produced in the past week. We’ll see how this goes…Patches and Updates:DRM...
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cubeSavvy - stateless and localized
There are a couple of major components to this release. One of them is architecture-related, while the other is immediately visible in the user interface. Both of them will provide a solid base upon...
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