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
Note: this is the second post in a 5-part blog series about the relationship between Oracle and AI, specifically in the EPM space. A group of glass figurines with a brain in the middle by Allison Saeng EPM and AI? What? Have EPM robots arrived to take over our jobs already? No, and that is … Continue reading Oracle + AI Series: EPM Apps – Continuous Innovation
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
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
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
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
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
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
With the recent licensing changes in June 2019, Oracle EPM Cloud customers are quickly jumping onto the Narrative Reporting reports bandwagon. Some are migrating over their existing FR (Financial Reporting) reports, while others are becoming newly acquainted. One of the first questions I get from customers is, how do I keep my reports dynamic? Good … Continue reading Narrative Reporting Series: Member Assignment Features You Should be Using
If you were paying attention to the Oracle EPM Cloud world this past June, EPRCS has changed its name to "Narrative Reporting". So why hasn't the name of this blog series changed? It's a mental shift to change over - many folks are still getting up to speed on the new Oracle EPM Cloud terminology … Continue reading EPRCS Series: Narrative Reporting Formatting Tricks
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