Planning (or Essbase) and FDM, and ERPi Equals Success

Planning (or Essbase) and FDM, and

ERPi Equals Success

Tony Scalese

www.ranzal.com

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Who Is Tony Scalese

Over 10 years Experience with Data Integration and Financial Planning & Consolidation on the Hyperion suite of products

Established many innovative FDM design, customization and automation concepts that have evolved into standard Industry-wide practices.

Certified HFM Consultant - System 9 & Fusion 11 Present at Oracle conferences, Ranzal webcasts and post

on Oracle Technology Network (OTN) and blog on www.FDMGuru.com

B.A. Economics, Allegheny College; MBA Candidate, Babson College

Financial Data Quality Management is…

…the premier end user data transformation tool to load data to Oracle EPM applications including:● HFM

● Essbase (Planning)

● HSF

● Hyperion Enterprise

…a centralized data management solution

…AWESOME

Key Benefits of FDM

End user friendly web interface that provides directed workflow

Flexibility

Drill down & drill through capabilities for data investigation

Organization wide process monitoring

Extensive automation capabilities using built in batch loader

Open architecture product

FDM Capabilities

Load to base or upper level members

Use load rules

Execute clears & aggregations

Control dimension output order

Execute calc scripts

Execute MAXL scripts

Load multiple periods in a single execution

Configuring FDM Essbase Adaptor

Essbase Client (32 bit) must be installed on

the FDM application server

Essbase adaptor has a form based

configuration screen that is more elegant

than the other adaptors

Allows Machine profiles, dimensions &

integration options all to be modified from a

single interface

Machine Profile

Establishes the connection between the FDM application server and the Essbase server

If a user name is specified in the machine profile, these are the credentials used any time FDM interacts with Essbase

The security rights of the user name in the profile will trump the security rights if any user is input in the integration settings or the user logged into FDM

Machine Profile

Connection Information

Enter the Essbase Application & Database

Logon Method

● Global: User ID and Password specified in the

integration settings controls all interaction with

Essbase

● Unified: The Essbase security assigned to the

FDM user controls the interaction with Essbase

unless a user name is specified in the machine

profile

Connection Information

Load Information

Enabled Drillable Region Load: used for

Drill through from Essbase to FDM

Load Rule Name: Essbase load rule FDM

will use to load the data (recommended)

Enable consolidation: Allows FDM to run

aggregation after a load.

Default Calculation Method: Dynamic; agg

calc in adaptor is used

Load Information

Dimensions

Global – point of view dimensions; category,

period, year (if applicable)

Mappable – 23 available dimensions for

mapping; Entity, Account, ICP, Custom1-20

Attribute – 14 attributes to store additional

information about a record; can be used in

scripting

Dimensions

Each dimension (mapped & global) needs to

be configured & saved

Activate/Deactivate dimension as needed

Foreign name must exactly match Essbase

dimension name; select Dimension name

from the drop down

Give the dimension an alias and set

matching labels

Dimensions

Calc Order – Pros & Cons

Essbase adaptor can be configured to

control the order in which dimension are

output to the data file to be loaded

Pro: Improved data load time, less Essbase

fragmentation

Con: Cross dimensional maps could be

impacted

Essbase Security Roles Needed

ESB_PRIV_APPDESIGN or ESB_PRIV_DBDESIGN – used to perform a load using replace

ESB_PRIV_CALC – used to execute clear & aggregation scripts

If not loading with replace and no need to run an aggregation, no special roles are needed but string load must be enabled on the FDM target adaptor

Load Rules

Essbase load rules can be leveraged by FDM to load the FDM produced data file

Eliminates the need to “map” global dimensions such as version & HSP Rates as those can be specified in the load rule

All data load errors are collected in an err file

Can be used to ignore FDM dimensions used for mapping but that do not need to be loaded

Avoid mapping in load rules – use FDM as intended!

Load Action – Data Clearing

During the Export workflow stage, when

loading in replace, FDM will execute a clear

calc script

Default calc script is coded in the Load action

and executes for each entity in the data file to

be loaded

Script can be modified for application needs

Consolidate Action – Aggregation

Enable consolidation option in the adaptor

2 Types of Execution

● Each base entity in the data file (Enable base

entity calc option enabled)

● For each entity in the validation entity assigned to

the location (Dynamic/File in Default calc method)

● AGG script in the Consolidate action OR

● Essbase Calc Script specified in Validation Entity

Tokenized Calc Scripts

Calc scripts can be created to mimic

Planning business rules that use run time

prompts (tokens)

FDM process can be created that supply the

token(s) when executing the calc script

Eliminates the need for multiple calc scripts

or custom process to update substitution

variables

Executing MAXL

FDM does not have an API to execute MAXL

MAXL is generally executed via a Windows

batch file

FDM can execute Windows batch files using

Windows shell

● Set wShell =

WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

● lngResult = WShell.Run(strCommand,

WindowStyle, blnWaitOnReturn)

Enhanced Validate

When integrating with HFM, FDM will verify that the mapped record will successfully load to HFM

The reciprocal does NOT exist for Essbase integrations

As an Essbase outline changes, FDM can (and often does) have a map that translates a source dimension member to a target member that no longer exists in Essbase

When this happens, the user will encounter a data load error during the Export Process

Example Intersection Validation

ERP Integrator is…

…a new module of FDM that allows data andmetadata to be sourced from Oracle ERP systems:● Oracle eBusiness Suite (eBS)

● PeopleSoft G/L

● PeopleSoft HR

…used to drill to source level transactional data in the ERP system directly from EPM applications

…capable of writing budget data to the ERP from an Essbase (BSO & ASO) or Planning application

…continuing to evolve

…the future of data integration

ERPi Key Benefits

Direct integration to ERP & Human Resource systems

Drill through capabilities on G/L data

Budget write back capabilities

Integration with EPM Workspace

Leverages ODI

ASO loading capabilities

Flexibility● Integration with FDM

● Direct Usage

FDM with ERPi

Source adaptor controls data import process

Integration option 1 – use to specify data

rule; must be created in all CAPS in ERPi

Sign conversion happens automatically for

G/L liability, equity & revenue types

Attribute 14 – don’t use it; ERPi adaptor uses

for drill through

ERPi Stand Alone

Provides metadata loading capabilities

Provides write back for budget data

Automation is controlled through JAVA web

services

ERPi Load Methods

EPMA: loads data using data

synchronization; metadata using interface

tables and import profile

Classic: direct load to the EPM application

FDM: Data only

ERPi Import Formats

One to One – Single chart field/segment to 1

EPM dimension

Many to One – Up to 5 chart fields/segments

or segments to 1 EPM dimension

Chart fields/Segments can be reused

ERPi Mapping

Explicit

Between

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● <segment>

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Data synchronization routine is used to load data when using ERPi with EPMA apps (no FDM)

Data synchronization can be further leveraged for mapping

ERPi Writeback

Supports Planning, BSO & ASO for 11.1.2.x

Cannot write back to PeopleSoft Human

Capital

Supplementary process must be run in the

ledger after the ERPi process to “post” the

budget data

ERPi Considerations

Only functional currency is extracted using

ERPi

Currencies & Rates – Use ISO codes; only

loaded when using classic data load

Mapping – Do not use underscore (_) as the

concatenation character if using FDM

Integration with Essbase & Planning

“Classic” FDM, FDM with ERPi or ERPi stand

alone can all be used to load data

Single FDM application can connect to

multiple applications and/or cubes

FDM natively loads data to Essbase, not the

relational repository of Planning; however,

custom processes can be created as needed

Decision Point

What’s The Right Solution?

● A) FDM

● B) FDM with ERPi

● C) ERPi

Answer

● D) All of the above!

Questions

Tony Scalese

ascalese@ranzal.com

www.ranzal.com

New Features in 11.1.2.1

FDM

● Office 2010 support

ERPi

● SQL Server support

● Data load rules refinement

● Adjustment period mapping

● HR data rules

Other Ranzal Presentations

Calculation Manager: The New and Improved Application to Create Hyperion Planning Business Rules – Monday, 11:15 am, Room 102C

Security and Auditing in HFM – Tuesday, 4:30pm, 101B

Best Practices for Using DRM with EPMA – Wednesday, 8:30am, 103A

Getting Started with Calc Manager for HFM – Wednesday, 8:30am, 101B

Advanced Topics in Calc Manager for HFM – Wednesday, 9:45am, 101B

Maximizing the Value of an EPM Investment with ERPi, FDM & EPMA – Wednesday, 11:15am, 101B

Taking your FDM application to the next level with Advanced Scripting – Friday, 8:30am, 101B

IFRS reporting within Hyperion Financial Management – Thursday, 10:30am, 101B