Application security: an afterthought. A cumbersome chore. A thankless task. The stuff of nightmares. Yep, it's all of those things, yet so critical. Especially in this day and age. (credit: Google images) But does it have to be? This is a multi-part series that focuses on Oracle Planning Cloud security. The tips provided in this … Continue reading Planning Cloud Series: Security Strategy (Part I)
Tag: EPM Cloud
EPRCS Series: Inaugural Post – Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to the first post in the EPRCS blog series! Although Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud (EPRCS) is not the new Cloud kid on the block, there still seems to be much confusion about what this product is and how it fits into the EPM/BI reporting spectrum. I thought I'd start this blog series by sharing … Continue reading EPRCS Series: Inaugural Post – Frequently Asked Questions
EPM Update: The New Reporting Buffet
Did you miss it? There is a big shift happening in the Oracle EPM reporting world. Are you paying attention? This is not another blog post about how you need Cloud. It might seem like it, but it's not. Keep reading... Back in February 2017, Oracle made a couple of formal reporting announcements which generated … Continue reading EPM Update: The New Reporting Buffet
Oracle Cloud Quick Tip: Log In Without Ever Knowing Your URL
I've been meaning to blog about this for a while now. Although this process takes a few extra steps vs. hitting the URL directly, it's a nifty little quick tip for those of you who are getting older (like me) and can't remember all of this technology stuff. This really comes in handy when I … Continue reading Oracle Cloud Quick Tip: Log In Without Ever Knowing Your URL
EPM Cloud Quick Tip: Financial Reports Don’t Appear After Migration
This tip results from several not-so-perfect Financial Report (FR) migrations. At interRel we are constantly moving EPM Cloud applications in and out of our various environments. In addition, we occasionally migrate entire applications or in piecemeal from on-prem to EPM Cloud. One of the issues that I've encountered multiple times is reports not showing up … Continue reading EPM Cloud Quick Tip: Financial Reports Don’t Appear After Migration
EPM Cloud Quick Tip: Opening Simultaneous Instances
Earlier this year when working with EPM Cloud, I noticed that I couldn't open up multiple instances of EPM Cloud at the same time without issue. This would either be multiple instances within the same domain (Test and Production, for example), or different instances completely (PBCS & FCCS, for example). Whenever I tried to open … Continue reading EPM Cloud Quick Tip: Opening Simultaneous Instances
TRCS First Look: Creating an Application
Following the awesome release of Tax Reporting Cloud Service (TRCS) last weekend to existing EPBCS/FCCS customers, I had to (of course), go in and play with this new cloud technology. Not being a previous Hyperion Tax Provisioning user, I decided to start simple and create a new application to get the ball rolling. Caveat: as … Continue reading TRCS First Look: Creating an Application
EPM Cloud Update: TRCS Stealth release!
And Oracle does another stealth release with the December 2016 EPM Cloud update. FCCS and EPBCS customers noticed a new option this week when creating an application: Tax Reporting! After inquiring about this to the Oracle Product Management team, it looks like TRCS (Tax Reporting Cloud Service) joined the EPBCS/FCCS code line and became available … Continue reading EPM Cloud Update: TRCS Stealth release!
EPM Cloud Update: Notable November 2016 Updates
The November 2016 release for Oracle EPM Cloud (released a week ago) offered a number of interesting updates to each of the cloud tools. I've summarized some of the notable ones below: General Updates New version of EPM Automate, which includes the getsubstvar command. This command allows you to view the values of substitution variables … Continue reading EPM Cloud Update: Notable November 2016 Updates
PBCS Quick Tip: 3 Settings for Administrator Happiness
This set of tips comes courtesy of seeing these overlooked settings several times over at clients. Included in this post are three generic PBCS settings that administrators can apply to nearly any PBCS environment and will go a long way for your happiness (and sanity). Note that these are not application specific settings, but basic … Continue reading PBCS Quick Tip: 3 Settings for Administrator Happiness
