Note: this is a blog series that covers the basic concepts of Oracle EPM Cloud. A couple of years ago I flew on a puddle jumper. This plane seated less than 20 people and took only 40 minutes to reach its destination. Once we landed, I was giddy to be the first one off the … Continue reading Oracle EPM Cloud 101: Infrastructure Concepts
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Planning Cloud Series: Security Strategy (Part I)
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)
EPRCS Series: Connecting MR to EPM Cloud
And now let's try to connect EPRCS Management Reporting to EPM Cloud! EPRCS is known as being an Oracle Cloud reporting tool. Therefore, it's natural to assume that EPRCS can connect to most Oracle EPM Cloud technologies, including (but not limited to) FCCS, PBCS, and EPBCS. Much like connecting to Essbase Cloud, EPRCS can handle … Continue reading EPRCS Series: Connecting MR to EPM Cloud
Oracle Cloud Release: A Milestone is Achieved
Today, EDMCS (Enterprise Data Management Cloud) formally launches! Not all details have been released for EDMCS publicly, but with partner training looming next month I expect to see blog posts about this interesting new addition to the master data space soon. EDMCS (also known as "DRM on the Cloud") will provide customers the ability to … Continue reading Oracle Cloud Release: A Milestone is Achieved
EPRCS Series: MR – the FR Killer?
(Background image courtesy of shutterstock) One of the main reasons why EPM and BI folks are starting to notice EPRCS is because of the Management Reporting ("MR") tool. One of 4 current tools within the EPRCS umbrella, MR is a Financial Reporting ("FR") direct competitor and Oracle customers are being told that MR will be … Continue reading EPRCS Series: MR – the FR Killer?
EPM Cloud PSA: Back Up Your Snapshots
It's amazing what you learn the hard way. This week the interRel team learned about a backup policy that Oracle rolled out for their Oracle EPM Cloud products months ago: "Snapshots that you create or upload to the service are stored for 60 days after which they are automatically deleted." We somehow missed this announcement, … Continue reading EPM Cloud PSA: Back Up Your Snapshots
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 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
EPC Quick Tip: Login Fails
This tip comes courtesy of many frustrating failed logins due to operator error. Here is the simple rule of thumb if you're in Oracle EPM/Planning Cloud consulting or happen to have more than one domain across many EPC (Enterprise Planning Cloud - PBCS or EPBCS) pods: remember to sign out. Just do it. Have you … Continue reading EPC Quick Tip: Login Fails
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