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Financial Close Manager

What is Financial Close Manager? Financial Close Manager is one of two modules that make up the Oracle / Hyperion Financial Close Management Suite Financial Close Manager (FCM) is a web-based tool that centralizes activities that make up an organization’s financial close cycle FCM streamlines the process of managing all of these close tasks Allows […]
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What is Essbase?

What is Oracle Essbase? Named by InfoWorld Magazine as one of the top 10 technologies of the 20th century, Oracle’s Hyperion Essbase allows users to model, analyze, and interpret the most complex business scenarios. Essbase is an object oriented database that provides users with multidimensional analysis capabilities. Essbase Databases are often called “Cubes” and are […]
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What is Smart View for Essbase?

Smartview 11.1.2.1.102 for Essbase Essbase Faithful: Smartview parity with Add-in is a REALITY Smart View 11.1.2.1.102 is the highly anticipated release with a number of new features for improved interaction with Essbase. It now makes SmartView compelling for the Essbase Add-in Community. In fact, it makes Smartview act and behave like the Essbase add-in and […]
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Oracle Essabase Analytical Link for HFM

What is Oracle Essabase Analytical Link for HFM? Your company has some of the leading tools in the Enterprise Performance Management space – Oracle’s Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) for financial consolidation and reporting, and Hyperion Essbase , a robust analytical tool with a multi-dimensional engine. But until now, transferring data between the two tools has […]
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Navigating Currency Translation in HFM

How to Navigate Currency Translation in HFM After completing over 12 HFM implementations, one area where I continue to see customers struggle is currency translation. While some customers have very basic translations needs, many require more functionality then is available natively within HFM. I feel that it would be worthwhile to explore this topic deeper, […]
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Currency Conversions

Leveraging Oracle’s Currency Conversion Can Simplify Your Financial Models Currency conversion in financial statements is a very important function for any company with a branch or operation in a foreign country. Accounting standards require that companies which operate abroad translate their operational results into a single functional currency for reporting purposes. Consequently, these companies are […]
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Oracle Planning and Essbase

Monthly Planning & Budgeting Cloud Update – March 2018

Monthly Planning & Budgeting Cloud Update – March 2018 Oracle Planning and Essbase Oracle updates all Planning & Budgeting Cloud environments (PBCS / EPBCS) monthly to address defects and introduce new features. These updates are delivered automatically on specific dates scheduled by Oracle, during the mandatory daily maintenance window. Keep in mind that while you […]
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Oracle EPM Strategy

Oracle’s EPM On-Premises Strategy

Oracle’s EPM On-Premises Strategy Oracle EPM Strategy There’s not a single EPM user that isn’t aware of Oracle’s shift to the cloud. That doesn’t mean everyone has lined up to make the shift. Not surprising to most of us, there has been some resistance to change and Oracle has gotten the message. At Kscope17, Oracle […]
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What is Business Intelligence?

What is Business Intelligence ?

What is Business Intelligence ? What is Business Intelligence? Business intelligence (BI) referes to the process for analyzing and presenting data to help corporate executives, business managers and other end users make more informed business decisions. BI encompasses a wide variety of tools, applications and methodologies that enable organizations to collect data from different systems […]
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