Long time, no blog posts... Unfortunately I have been too busy at work to give much thought to my blog but here comes a small and useful trick I have been using quite a lot lately.
Many companies use EPM/Hyperion products throughout their world-wide organization. Latest EPM versions have been translated into a large number of languages which is naturally a good thing for all the end-users wanting to view the web interface in their own language. Supporting software that allows the language to be chosen by users (or by the web browser in this case) can be challenging though - it may not be easy to deal with error reports shown in Chinese or Finnish for example.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Infratects Top Gun 2013 Event Announced
If you work with EPM/Hyperion products and are interested in the technical aspects of the products in any way - these are the dates you should already book in your calendar! The second annual Infratects EPM Infrastructure Top Gun Event will be held on March 15th and 16th in Barcelona, Spain. Watch this space and the Infratects website for more detailed information soon.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Download Old EPM/Hyperion Binaries While You Still Can
Just thought I'd post a quick note about the following statement that was posted on the Oracle EPM Proactive Support blog today:
The following media packs will be removed from E-Delivery this week, as of the above reason.
If you are still using one of these versions it might be a good idea to grab the installation packages - just in case you need to reinstall any components in the future. Access to the removed media packs can be arranged later by contacting Oracle Support and asking to receive the archived software but it is a lot easier to have a local copy of the files in any case.
Link: eDelivery (Delivery Cloud) Housekeeping - removal of obsolete EPM products
Update on October 4th:
Looks like the original statement was not an empty threat. The only pre-EPM 11.1.2 packages remaining on eDelivery (and on the Oracle Technology site) are the latest Hyperion Enterprise media files:
If you still need to install EPM 9.3.x or 11.1.1.3 (for a staging server for example) you need to dig into your own stash of media files or follow the steps detailed in this Support document to request a separate download:
Requesting Physical Shipment or Download URL for Software Media [ID 1071023.1]
The following media packs will be removed from E-Delivery this week, as of the above reason.
- Hyperion 9.3.1
- Hyperion 9.2.1
- Hyperion Pre-system 9
- EPM 11.1.1.3
- EPM 11.1.1.4
If you are still using one of these versions it might be a good idea to grab the installation packages - just in case you need to reinstall any components in the future. Access to the removed media packs can be arranged later by contacting Oracle Support and asking to receive the archived software but it is a lot easier to have a local copy of the files in any case.
Link: eDelivery (Delivery Cloud) Housekeeping - removal of obsolete EPM products
Update on October 4th:
Looks like the original statement was not an empty threat. The only pre-EPM 11.1.2 packages remaining on eDelivery (and on the Oracle Technology site) are the latest Hyperion Enterprise media files:
If you still need to install EPM 9.3.x or 11.1.1.3 (for a staging server for example) you need to dig into your own stash of media files or follow the steps detailed in this Support document to request a separate download:
Requesting Physical Shipment or Download URL for Software Media [ID 1071023.1]
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
PSU 600 Brings IE9 Support To EPM 11.1.2.1
The following Patch Set Updates have been made available on Oracle Support with the primary purpose of adding support for Internet Explorer 9 into Oracle EPM System Release 11.1.2.1.
You should apply the PSUs for Shared Services and Workspace in all environments and include the other specific updates depending on what products are installed. Take time to study the readme files carefully as some of the updates (especially the one for Planning) includes quite a few prerequisites and also instructions to work around known issues.
I'm not sure if these will be the only products to receive (or to require) the IE9 treatment but this information will hopefully be added to the EPM certification matrix document soon. It's also worth noting that the readme file for the Planning PSU mentions that even with these updates applied, Internet Explorer 9 is still supported in compatibility view mode only.
- Patch Set Update: 11.1.2.1.600 for EPM Architect (patch ID 14224664)
- Patch Set Update: 11.1.2.1.600 for Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) (patch ID 14354419)
- Patch Set Update: 11.1.2.1.600 for Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management (patch ID 14548006)
- Patch Set Update: 11.1.2.1.600 Hyperion Planning (patch ID 14464109)
- Patch Set Update: 11.1.2.1.600 Shared Services 11.1.2.1 (patch ID 14142678)
- Patch Set Update: 11.1.2.1.600 Workspace 11.1.2.1 (patch ID 14119724)
You should apply the PSUs for Shared Services and Workspace in all environments and include the other specific updates depending on what products are installed. Take time to study the readme files carefully as some of the updates (especially the one for Planning) includes quite a few prerequisites and also instructions to work around known issues.
I'm not sure if these will be the only products to receive (or to require) the IE9 treatment but this information will hopefully be added to the EPM certification matrix document soon. It's also worth noting that the readme file for the Planning PSU mentions that even with these updates applied, Internet Explorer 9 is still supported in compatibility view mode only.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Maximum Number of Custom Dimensions In HFM 11.1.2.2
Note: I have now updated the post with some additional research. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see my later findings.
"Unlimited" number of custom dimensions is one of the biggest changes introduced in HFM 11.1.2.2. The actual amount of dimensions is not unlimited though - and it is pretty hard to find solid information about the real limits at the moment. So far the best resource explaining how to use the expanded dimensionality seems to be this post on the Oracle OBI/EPM PAE (Product Assurance Engineering) blog:
"Unlimited" number of custom dimensions is one of the biggest changes introduced in HFM 11.1.2.2. The actual amount of dimensions is not unlimited though - and it is pretty hard to find solid information about the real limits at the moment. So far the best resource explaining how to use the expanded dimensionality seems to be this post on the Oracle OBI/EPM PAE (Product Assurance Engineering) blog:
Friday, August 10, 2012
A Ton Of Updates For EPM 11.1.2.2
I just noticed that the long awaited Patch Set Update for HFM has been released yesterday. And Financial Management is not the only product to get the PSU .300 treatment - read below for a full list of recently released updates for EPM 11.1.2.2.0:
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Summer Vacation And Career Update
I'm currently trying to steer away from all things EPM as I started my summer vacation on Monday, 2nd of July. I will return to work on July the 30th - and the interesting part is that after the holiday I'm starting in my new position at Infratects. The Netherlands-based company specializing in EPM/Hyperion infrastructure services and hosting business is expanding and I will start in their newly opened office in Espoo, Finland. I'm looking forward to seeing what EPM consulting work feels like when seen outside the vendor's safe walls...
Have a nice summer and be sure to check back in early August!
Have a nice summer and be sure to check back in early August!
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