eMARS 3.10 Upgrade Reporting User Group Meeting July 31, 2014
Jan 04, 2016
eMARS 3.10 UpgradeReporting User Group Meeting
July 31, 2014
Agenda
RecapeMARS and EBIWhere We Have BeenWhere We Are GoingTimelineProcurement Document Chain UniverseQuery ToolNext Steps
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Agency Report Leads
Each agency should have a Reporting Lead identified
The Reporting Lead will be the primary contact for all information related to the reporting upgrade
Confirm your Reporting Lead on the Agency Contact List at: http://finance.ky.gov/services/statewideacct/Pages/agencydelegationandcontactinformation.aspx
Contact Finance Customer Resource Center (Finance.CRC [email protected]) with updates
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Report Developers
Report Developers are those individuals responsible for creating, publishing and maintaining the reports to be utilized by the agency users
Agencies need to identify these individuals – the EBI security role would be eMARS Advanced
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Report vs. QueryReport
– Created and Published in a central location– Available to multiple users– Intended to be run and/or printed by multiple
usersQuery
– One time or limited data retrieval– Looking for raw data, not necessary a “pretty
result”– Export to Excel may be preferred
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eMARS and EBI
EBI is a consolidated Business Objects environment which allows multiple applications from multiple agencies to share resources
eMARS is a “tenant” of EBIeMARS reporting upgrade is independent of
EBI– Upgrade would occur regardless of EBI
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EBI
eMARS and EBI
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KBUD
KHRIS
FAS3
CDW / CACS-G
eMARS
KYTC
CHFS
etc…
Agency Folders within EBI
Agency Folders are at a higher level within EBI
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Where We Have Been
2006 – eMARS 3.6.01– BO 3.0 – 3.6.01 Universes
2008 – eMARS 3.6.03– BO 3.0 – 3.6.01 Universes
2010 – eMARS 3.6.03– BO 3.1 (Deski to Webi conversion) – 3.6.01
Universes2012 – eMARS 3.9.01
– BO 3.1 – 3.6.01 Universes
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Where We Have Been
eMARS Reporting had only one Update – Deski to Webi in 2010
There have been NO Universes changes since eMARS go-live in 2006
Upcoming Upgrade much needed
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Where Are We Going
March 2015 -- eMARS 3.10.01– BO 4.1 -- Universe upgrade to 3.10.01
Improves our ability for future upgradesImproves our ability to keep universes in sync
with eMARS
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Timeline
September 2, 2014 – Reports residing in designated folders in infoAdvantage will be “Migrated” to new environment (BO 4.1 Test)‒ Report Lead’s Favorites‒ Report Developers’ Favorites‒ Agency Folders
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Reports will NOT be deleted from infoAdvantage
Timeline
December 1, 2014 – Second “migration” from designated folders– Only new or updated reports within the previously defined
folders– Reports will be placed in a separate location in new
environment to distinguish from previous migration March 6, 2015 – Third “migration” from designated folders
– Only new or updated reports within the previously defined folders
– Reports will be placed in a separate location in new environment to distinguish from previous migration
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Reports will NOT be deleted from infoAdvantage
Procurement Document Chain Universe
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MRDB Revisited Method for non report developers to connect to the
eMARS data warehouse tables to create database queries using query tools of their choice (Access)
Requires Oracle Client (11 or 12C) Requires TNSNAMES file “FCT” like tables to be included
‒ Expenditure‒ Revenue‒ Cash‒ Budget‒ Accounting Journal
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I Need a Name
What’s Next
Send us your thoughts on Statewide Reports– Remember these reports are built at a statewide
level using statewide COA elements• Fund• Dept• Unit• Function• OBJ/REV/BSA• Maj Prog/Prog/Prog Period
Send to [email protected]
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What’s Next
Name Your Report Developers– Create, Publish, Maintain Reports to be
run/printed by multiple agency users– Not someone who just needs to query data—
“We have an APP for that!”EBI security role would be eMARS AdvancedSend to [email protected]
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What’s Next
Agency users should be evaluating Favorites– Send reports to be migrated to Report Lead or
named Developers– Delete any unnecessary reports
First migration date September 2, 2014
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Report Leads/Developers remember not to leave reports in your Inbox! These get deleted the first of every month.
What’s Next
Begin Re-build of reports‒ Use FY2013 data as it is static and will make a
good comparison from infoAdvantage to new environment
• The BO 4.1 Test environment is a copy of production from a few months back so FY2014 is not a full year
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Questions ?
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