OK, I have opened up a ticket with Oracle.  Now, they want my logs.  Frustration sets in, and I wonder…how long is it going to take to figure out where they all are and which ones are important?  If I miss one, my resolution will surely get delayed. This is all I need!

In newer versions of the Hyperion environment, Oracle has made some huge improvements. More...

I attended many Hyperion Solutions conferences back in the day.  I really enjoyed the experience, but after the first couple of years, I didn’t feel like I was getting my money’s worth.  I started to wonder if I knew all there was to know about Essbase, as every presentation I attended seemed very basic.  Was I that good?  Did the benefit of attending these conferences shift from knowledge gain to networking? I decided to stop attending.  More...

A Primer for Master Data Management in Finance Organizations
Part I

Overview

You can only improve what you can measure.  That popular business maxim, like many others today, is highly dependent upon data.  What’s more it can’t be just any data.  Quality decisions require “Quality” data that is timely and reliable.  Moreover, executives must understand what should be measured, how those measurements are obtained and much more in order to correlate all the data necessary for accurate decision making.  After all, that’s the objective, right?  Making better decisions faster? More...

No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. The grid lines don’t align with the row headers. It is very slight on smaller forms, but forms with hundreds of rows compounds the issue. The further down the grid, the more of an issue the offset is.

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Patch Set Update: 11.1.2.1.600 offers a welcome utility

If you have ever tried to automate the state of a Hyperion Planning applications’ Application Maintenance Mode, you found it difficult. The only way to accomplish this was to run a SQL Update on the repository table, and for this to take effect, the Planning service had to be restarted.

If you are unfamiliar with the Application Maintenance Mode setting, More...

Kscope13 article submission is open.  I will be spearheading the Planning track at Kscope13.  Last year was my first trip to the conference, and I was amazed at the talent and breadth of speakers.  Jake Turrell did an unbelievable job owning the Planning track last year.  He was involved in the release of Developing Essbase Applications (available in hardback and Kindle versions). More...