by Kyle Goodfriend
Introduction Yes, it is true that Groovy is available in on-premise and cloud (PBCS) versions of Hyperion Planning. No, it is not true that the same flavor of Groovy exists in both. Both have their advantages, and both have their drawbacks. The likelihood that they will ever be the same is extremely low, and here […]
Introduction Chris Hull has been kind enough to partner with us to present how the methods available in Groovy calculations have made a huge impact in their budgeting and reporting process using PBCS.
Introduction One of the challenges with Hyperion Planning is the ability to move data between applications in real time. A classic example of this is a P&L application with other modules that have greater detail. The following is an example.
Challenge Accepted When I asked visitors to try to come up with a situation that Groovy Calculation might be able to solve, this was a good one. One visitor asked if they could require a cell comment if certain parameters were not met. It is actually relatively easy. The following requirement exist in this example. […]
Introduction I know you can argue this is a user issue and a training issue, but the fact is, sometimes people will save a form without editing any data. There are at least three negative issues as a result. One, the business rules and smart pushes execute, consuming unnecessary resources. Two, users may think they […]
Introduction One of the huge benefits that available in Groovy Calculations is the ability to interact with a user, validate data, and act on the validation. Now, we can interrupt form saves, stop Run Time Prompts from continuing, and communicate information back to the user. This may sound repetitive if you have read part 13 […]
Introduction To expand on Part 14 of this series, which covers stopping a form from saving when there are validation errors, is identifying the errors by cell and communicating with the user the problems at a cell level. This does NOT stop at the first error and throw an exception. This will iterate through all […]
Introduction One of the huge benefits that available in Groovy Calculations is the ability to interact with a user, validate data, and act on the validation. Now, we can interrupt form saves, stop Run Time Prompts from continuing, and communicate information back to the user.
Introduction For people that are new to Groovy/Java, testing functions that Groovy provides can be a tedious and time consuming process. Learning anything is. Trying to do this with the wrong tools compounds it. I have seen some people give up and walk away from trying to improve applications because they struggle with the Groovy […]
Introduction Groovy opens up a lot of things above and beyond performance improvements and improving the user experience. One example is the possibility to interact with the metadata. Dimensions and members can be queried for all types of things which can be useful in many situations.
Introduction One of the huge frustrations I have with Planning is the fact that you haven’t been able to stop a user from saving data that didn’t validate since Smart View was released and Data Forms could be opened in Excel. Prior to that, the forms could be customized with JavaScript and the form save […]
I was lucky enough to be invited to talk about the new Groovy Calculation in PBCS and ePBCS at the Ohio Valley OAUG meeting today. If you have read the Groovy series, you know how strongly I feel about the advancements in Hyperion Planning with the addition of Groovy Calculations. I want to share the […]
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