New Tuning Guide For EPM 11.1.2.2 and 11.1.2.3

The Oracle EPM/BI Customer Engineering & Advocacy Lab (CEAL) team has release an updated version of the EPM Infrastructure Tuning Guide. Existing information has been updated to match the latest EPM versions and some new sections have been added:

• monitoring and tuning Essbase Analytics Link (EAL)
• tuning Oracle ADF
• monitoring and tuning IBM WebSphere and IBM HTTP Server
• tuning Smart View
• tuning Data Management products such as DRM and FDM
• tuning web browsers (Internet Explorer and Firefox)
• the Essbase tuning section has been extended

To download the document head on the EPM/BI CEAL blog post: EPM Infrastructure Tuning Guide v11.1.2.2 / 11.1.2.3

Updated HFM Tuning Guide

A new version of the official HFM Tuning Guide has been released by Oracle. New additions to the document include:

• Basic information about custom dimensions in HFM 11.1.2.2
• Section describing recommended web server timeout settings for IIS and OHS
• Better explanations for commonly tuned HFM registry settings
• An example case of tuning the memory settings for an HFM application

The guide can be downloaded via the following Oracle Support article:

Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) Performance Tuning Guide, Fusion Edition [ID 1083460.1]

The following statement in the new tuning guide also caught my eye: “A complete list of all published HFM registry settings can be found in Appendix A of the Oracle® Hyperion Financial Management, Administrator's Guide starting with Release 11.1.2.2.300”. This useful document is available in the Oracle EPM Documentation Library for Release 11.1.2.2 (direct link to hfm_admin PDF).

EPM 11.1.2.2 Advanced Team Training Material

The material from the Advanced Team Training that was held for Oracle Consulting Services and other internal audiences earlier this year has been published on the Oracle EPM/BI Whitepaper website. The zip bundle contains the following Powerpoint slidesets targeted to EPM infrastructure consultants and other parties interested in learning more about the technical changes in the latest EPM release:

• Configuring OWSM - A tutorial describing the steps required to deploy Oracle Web Services Manager (required by Financial Close Management and Profitability and Cost Management)
• Deployment Report - A short description of the contents of the deployment report that's included in EPM 11.1.2.2
• Deployment Trouble Shooting Process - Tips for troubleshooting different phases of the EPM deployment (installation, configuration, startup etc.)
• Infrastructure and Architectural Changes - Standard Deployment Guide, Compact Deployment, Shared Services/LCM improvements explained. Also worth noting: Exalytics support for Planning and Essbase.
• Installation and Configuration Changes - An in-depth look at the changes in the EPM 11.1.2.2 installation and configuration tools
• Lifecycle Management and Security Changes - A presentation about the new simplified LCM user interface
• Managing EPM Using FMW Control - A short overview about the capabilities of the Fusion Middleware Control application bundled with the latest EPM release.

Get the training material on the EPM/BI Whitepaper website.