Oracle EPM at Oracle

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Oracle EPM at Oracle:

Hyperion Planning and Oracle EssbasePresenters:

Matthew Bradley, VP, EPM Applications Raju Krishnamoorthy, Director, AIT

Jim English, VP Finance

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How Oracle Replaced Its

Legacy Budgeting and Planning Systems

and lived to tell about it




In the beginning

• Legacy systems were in place across Oracle

• Financial reporting needed a consistent set of tools

• No standard solution for Corporate and LOB

• No enterprise-wide reporting solution




What we needed

• Replace legacy systems

• Implement “Best in Class” solution – standardize!

• Provide unified and integrated reporting solution

• Incorporate enterprise BI and effective change

management




Legacy architecture

Consol Ledgers (GL)

Acquisition Ledgers (GL)

Primary Ledgers (GL)

Oracle Financial Analyzer (Multi dimensional Cubes)

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Where we started:

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Oracle’s EPM Strategy

Corporate Reporting (CORE)(Essbase)

D i v i s i o n a l L O B

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p p l i c a t i o n s

( P l a n n i n g )

CRM

Corporate Data

Warehouse

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DRM

ERP




Definitions

• Aggregate Storage Option (ASO) – Fast aggregation

– Large, sparse data sets

– Large outlines

– No specialized calculations required in the cube

• Block Storage Option (BSO) – Data entry / Planning

– Complex calculations / allocations

– Separate data entry from data loads – Replicated partitions



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Take One

BSO only architecture

• All data entry

• All actuals data load

• All required transformations

• Aggregation of dataTake One

BSO




But there were problems

• Data aggregation took too long

• Extensive downtime

• Data transformations took hours

• Unpredictable and inconsistent

It just didn’t work.

Good tool. Bad implementation.




Back to the drawing table

• Explored various options to fix the issue – Essbase 32bit vs. 64 bit option

– Tuning various calc scripts

– Reduce the amount of data in the cube

• Partnered with PD to redesign the solution – Oracle’s Size + Complexity of requirements demanded a different

approach




Complexity

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Take Two




R e p o r t i n g

F o r e c a s t ,

B u d g e t

e n t r y

Forecast,Budget, etc

(ODI)

End Users

Data EntryBSO cube

Actuals ASO cube

The Hybrid ASO/BSO Architecture




Hybrid ASO/BSO architecture worked

• All Corporate forecasting/budgeting in Corporate

Reporting (CORE)

• Source of truth for internal and external reporting

• Global solution covering all LOB 24/7

• 1000+ users




What did this REALLY get us? Results!

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Planning is paramount!

• Settle on the dimensionality early on• Design the dimensions to allow for ease of synchronization

• Synchronize dimensions between cubes

• Follow best practices• Establish a metadata maintenance process




What were Oracle’s technical considerations?

• BSO performance – Fragmentation

– Commit blocks

– Memory requirements during outline restructure

• ASO performance considerations

– Stored and dynamic dimensions

– Logical clear vs. physical clear during data loads

The Special Sauce




What did we learn?

• The right tools = dramatic performance improvement – Hybrid ASO/BSO architecture

– Relational database

• Intermediate data store (staging area)

• Automation of various business rules

– Oracle Data Integrator • End to end automation (ETL)

• Pre-built integration with EPM




What The Future Holds

• Additional Essbase/Planning Solutions

• OBIEE 11g on Essbase – Zero data discrepancy between

OBIEE 11g and Smart View

• Blending data between reportingsystems (Global DW, CORE, ODS)

• Pre-requisites

– Conform dimensions – Common security definitions

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