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Hyperion Planning Security – A Balancing Act

By Gidon Albert · 13 years ago

Managing security is a balancing act and even more so in Hyperion Planning. On the one hand, the administrator must satisfy management’s requirements that only users who need to see the data will have access ...

Essbase Training—The Little Things

By Gidon Albert · 13 years ago

I just came back from a two week, around-the-world training engagement where I was part of a team that presented a class on how to use SmartView and Financial Reports to retrieve information from Essbase. ...

Falling in Love with Oracle Hyperion Calculation Manager

By Mike Arnoldy · 13 years ago

The recent release of Hyperion 11.1.2.1 means that it is once again time to consider an upgrade of your current Hyperion application (s). For companies using older versions of Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), the EPMA ...

Offline Adjustments—the EPM Project Timesuck

By Juan Porter · 13 years ago

You’re only as strong as your weakest link, and when it comes to financial reporting, the weakest link is often offline adjustments—the forgotten piece of financial data and often the unplanned ‘gotcha’ when it comes ...

Oracle Hyperion 11.1.2.1 Is Almost Here

By Eldred Smikle · 13 years ago

The latest buzz is that Oracle Hyperion 11.1.2.1 will be released this week, and there is a long list of people anxiously awaiting it. The release is supposed to include the conversion tools that allow ...

Currency Translations in Financial Management — Historical Rates versus Dollar Overrides

By Mike Arnoldy · 13 years ago

One of the best times to look for improvements in your financial management application is during an upgrade. A good place for global companies to start is how the application is handling translations for multiple ...