Why This is Important Oooh double feature! Did I just do that? I did! Two blog posts published within 15 minutes of each other! As I stated in my last post about changing Narrative Reporting Reports data sources en masse...customers need to be using naming conventions. Even for NR connections and data source names. This … Continue reading Narrative Reporting Quick Tip: Naming Conventions for Data Sources
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Narrative Reporting Quick Tip: Changing Reports data sources en masse
Why This is Important As a business' Oracle Cloud EPM environments evolve, there can be a need to switch data sources on the Reports. While this action has repercussions that will not be discussed in this post (i.e. how does the dimensionality differ from source to target? does a data mapping exist between the data … Continue reading Narrative Reporting Quick Tip: Changing Reports data sources en masse
Helllooooo again, Oracle Cloud EPM Narrative Reporting world!
Hey everybody! I'm baaaaaaack. Yes, it's been a minute...or two...or three. LOL. But, as promised from my Kscope25 blog post, I intend to get back into blogging. I have a few things to say about the Narrative Reporting product suite and I can't wait to share my tips & tricks and learnings with you! There … Continue reading Helllooooo again, Oracle Cloud EPM Narrative Reporting world!
ODTUG Kscope25: The Last Dance
Welcome to the first day of summer! Although, if you were at Kscope this year you would’ve already felt it with the highs in the 90s down here in Dallas-Ft. worth. It was a sizzling event and a nice do over from the last one in Grapevine back in 2022. Monday I was disappointed to … Continue reading ODTUG Kscope25: The Last Dance
Narrative Reporting Series: Creating a Top (and/or Bottom) Report
I recently had to figure out how to create a Top 5 and Bottom 5 ranked report for a customer. It's been years since I've had to do this, so it was a nice little problem to solve. Management Reporting (MR) has a number of carryover functions from FR. So how does MR translate this … Continue reading Narrative Reporting Series: Creating a Top (and/or Bottom) Report
FR to MR WDTFG Series: Locking Down POV Members
In this week's FR to MR "where did that feature go" (WDTFG) post, let's cover how to lock down the dimension members in a POV. It's a commonly used feature in FR, and much easier to implement in MR than in FR. In FR you had to go into the grid editor and then manage … Continue reading FR to MR WDTFG Series: Locking Down POV Members
FR to MR WDTFG Series: Grid vs. Global POV
This week I'm starting a new series called "FR to MR WDTFG" or "Financial Reporting to Management Reporting...where did that feature go?" The intention is simple - to assist folks who are making the migration from FR to MR. In this new series, I'll cover tips on how to mentally shift from old FR features … Continue reading FR to MR WDTFG Series: Grid vs. Global POV
Narrative Reporting Series: MR Import into NR Part II
Back in April I posted a part I of this blog post, which covered the basics of importing MR report content into report packages. Here are the remaining concepts for that post. How does this MR content get refreshed? Earlier this year, I learned the hard lesson that this content is not auto-refreshed. Steps have … Continue reading Narrative Reporting Series: MR Import into NR Part II
Narrative Reporting Series: MR Import into NR Part I
One of the cool features of the Narrative Reporting suite is the ability to integrate already created reports from the Management Reporting tool into report packages within the Narrative Reporting tool. This allows customers to reuse already created report content. However, the nuances of how this exactly works eludes some folks, so today's post is … Continue reading Narrative Reporting Series: MR Import into NR Part I
Narrative Reporting Quick Tip: Suppression Bug
I've been doing a lot of consulting work in Narrative Reporting lately, and it's been a joy. Every customer uses reporting tools differently, so it's been a fun journey to see how customers creatively use the solutions within this suite of products to accomplish their business goals. In these findings, I have discovered a small … Continue reading Narrative Reporting Quick Tip: Suppression Bug
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