Hyperion FDM “Drill-Into-Anything” MindStream’s Answer to enhance Drill- Through opportunities Matthias Heilos Sr. Consultant – Data Integration MindStream Analytics
Hyperion FDM
“Drill-Into-Anything”
MindStream’s Answer to enhance Drill-
Through opportunities
Matthias Heilos
Sr. Consultant – Data Integration
MindStream Analytics
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Agenda
• About MindStream Analytics
• Hyperion FDM* – An Introduction
• The Meaning of Drill-Through
• Drill-Through with ERP Integrator
• Limitations of ERP Integrator
• MindStream’s “Drill-into-Anything” approach
* Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management (FDM)
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About Matthias Heilos
• Sr. Consultant – Data Integration
• Background: Management Information Systems, focus
on BI and DW
• Hyperion focus: FDM, ODI, Planning/Essbase, HFM
• Developed training: “ODI for Hyperion Apps” (123Olap)
• Co-presented Drill-into-Anything at Oracle OpenWorld
2010 with Oracle’s Director of Financial Close Solutions
(FDM)
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MindStream delivers premier consulting and
managed services solutions to clients by
enhancing technology and aligning resources
through a systemic process to harness insight
and enable financial and operational fact-base
decision making.
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About MindStream Analytics
• HQ – Boston, MA with national reach
• Specialize in the implementation and optimization of best of breed BPM
and BI solutions.
• Our people average over 9 years of experience in the BI or BPM space
• extensive understanding of strengths and weaknesses of the various
offerings
• Our deep understanding of financial and operational reporting helps us
anticipate your needs. We strive to understand your business and
combine it with our technical experience to help you Design and
Implement a successful solution.
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Analysts need for Drill through
• Accounts Receivable / Payable –Invoice information
• Cash – what account make up cash – Petty Cash, Bank
Accounts, etc.
• Fixed Assets –in a sub-ledger that is accessible.
• Depreciation expenses – what assets are being depreciated
• Sales - Customer / Invoice information
• Intercompany – need the specific transaction detail tracked at a
balance level in HFM
• Any periodic activity on the Balance Sheet
• Journal detail on the P&L.
• Transactional information stored in a Data Warehouse
• Auditors drill back from a report to review GL accounts mapped
and loaded into a given HFM account.
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Hyperion FDM – An Introduction
• Purpose:
• Mapping and validation tool for financial data
• Adapters for data loads to HFM, Essbase/Planning etc.
• Increased Transparency (interface, drillback, Controls, reports)
• Operated by Business users rather than IT
• SOX Compliance
• Role in Oracle’s EPM Strategy:
• Link between ERP and EPM/BI without manual intervention
• Significantly simplifies audit trail analysis
• Expedite business processes
• Central factor to achieve “Management Excellence”
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Achieving Management Excellence
Hyperion Financial Management
Hyperion Planning
Oracle Account Analysis and Drill-
Down for both Actual and Budget
Hyperion FDMOracle EPM System
Source: Oracle
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Overview of FDM Dataflow
FDQM
Batch Loader (optional)
Import
FormatsImported
Data
Validated
DataExport
Output
Files
Unmapped
items
Mappings
HFM
Essbase
Custom Custom
System
LoadCustom
DB
Source
Files
ERP
HP
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Main Features
• Import: get data from text files, databases, GL systems
• Mappings: 5 types of mappings, browse target metadata
• Validation: guided process to manage “Kickouts”, ensure
100% mapping quality, check reports
• Export/Load: integration with target system via 1 click
• Audit trail: drill-back within FDM to review mappings,
drill-through from/to other systems
• Compliance: Financial controls, activity logs, reports
• Ease of use: provides user-friendly, guided processes
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Benefits of ERP Integrator
• Drill-Through significantly simplifies analysis
• Data volume decreased AND more transaction detail
• Direct logon to source GL system, navigates to
transactions in question
• Ease of data import – just press 1 button
• NO manual steps to follow audit trail
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Drawbacks of ERP Integrator
• GL systems supported as source for Drill-through
• E-Business Suite GL 11.5.10 cu2, 12.0, 12.1; PeopleSoft 9.0 GL
• No flexibility for Drill-through
• Drill-through reports cannot be customized
• Complexity of solution
• ODI setup required
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FDM Drill-into-Anything (DIA)
Source Adapter by MindStream Analytics
• Idea evolved due to ERPI limitations
• Enhances functionality of ERP Integrator, also
available as standalone
• Not limited to certain versions or types of source
systems
• Ability to log on to source application (analog to ERPI)
• Full support for Import Formats due to optimized
architecture
• Full customization for Drill-Through reports
• Ability to drill through to multiple drill links
• Simplified, more transparent solution
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Drill-into-Anything (DIA) Architecture
Hyperion
FDM
FDM-DIA Web Application
(Drill-Framework based on Drill Links)Drill Drill
back to back to
source source
systemsystem
EssbaseStrategy
Management
Financial Close and
Reporting
Planning &
Forecasting
Profitability
Management
GL Systeme.g. PSFT GL
1
Sub-ledgere.g. PSFT E-Pro
3
Sub-ledgere.g. PSFT AP
2
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Drill Through from HFM Report
Note: Report display data in Thousands, values might be rounded
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FDM Drill-Through Page
• Displays the selected Intersection
• Click on Transaction Amount
• FDM Drill-Back page will open and
display the source transactions
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FDM Source Data
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FDM Drill-Back Page
• Displays source transactions which
sum up to the total amount
• Click on Transaction Amount
• Click on Open Source System to
Drill-Through to Source System
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Drill to GL Database tables
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Drill to GL Detail
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Drill to Expense Subledger Overview
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Drill to Expense System
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FDM Drill-into-Anything Demonstration
DRILL
DEMO
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Thank You !Contact information:
Matthias Heilos – [email protected] (Sr. Consultant)
Mark Gregoire – [email protected] (EVP Sales)
www. mindstreamanalytics.com