fdm & erpi with essbase - streamlining data integration and challenging dogma

Anthony Scalese Edgewater Ranzal

March 20, 2013

FDM & ERPi with Essbase - Streamlining Data Integration

and Challenging Dogma

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About Edgewater Ranzal

15 Years

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Dashboards & Scorecards, Profitability & Cost Mgmt, Financial Analytics & Reporting,

Operational Analytics, What-if Analysis, Query & Reporting, Visual Exploration

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Close HFM Optimization, Performance Lab

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Support Services - Project/Program Mgmt, EPM Road Maps, Application Reviews, Business Requirements, Process Change, Documentation

Dashboards/Scorecards, Profitability Cost Mgmt, Financial Analytics & Reporting, Operational Analytics, What-if Analysis, Query & Reporting, Visual Exploration

Our Services

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About Me

• Oracle ACE – One of 29 in the world focused on BI

• Over 12 years of experience across the EPM suite – More than 35 implementations

• Oracle certified for Hyperion Financial Management – System 9 & Fusion 11

• FDM Practice Manager @ Edgewater Ranzal – www.ranzal.com

• www.FDMGuru.com

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Essbase Dogma

• I’ve been loading data to Essbase for years. I

don’t need FDM.

• I can do everything in load rules & MAXL that I

can do in FDM.

• I’ve got EIS / Studio for drill through. I don’t need

ERPi. • FDM can’t handle the data volumes that are loaded

to Essbase. • FDM can’t load to ASO or the Planning repository.

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FDM Key Features

• Financial Data Quality Management • End user friendly web interface that

provides directed workflow • Drill through capabilities for data

investigation • Organization wide process monitoring &

auditing • Extensive automation capabilities using

built in batch loader • Prepackaged target system integration • Mature product

– Limited bugs / low severity

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FDM Workflow

• Import – Data is loaded from a flat file or relational

source into the FDM database

– FDM transformation (maps) tables are applied

• Validate – Checks that all source members were

transformed

• Export – Clears data from Essbase

– Loads data to Essbase

– Aggregates Essbase

• Check – Retrieves aggregate/calculated values from

Essbase and compares to administrator defined thresholds to determine data quality

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Why Use FDM?

• Web Based • Robust Mapping Capabilities

– Cross dimensional mapping

– Wildcards

• Centralized data repository – Drill through

– Re-processing data

• Audit – When & by whom was data processed

– What maps were applied; who modified

the maps; what was the old map

• Process Monitoring

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FDM Mapping Types

• Explicit: 1 to 1 Mapping • Between: Continuous range that maps to 1 EPM

Member • In: Non-continuous range that maps to 1 EPM

Member • Like: Wildcard • Ignore: Skip/Do not load record

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FDM Drill Through

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FDM Audit

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FDM Process Monitoring

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Even More Reasons for FDM

• Distributed model • API execution of calc scripts

– “Business Rules”

• Leverage load rules • Post load validation • Open architecture product that

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“Business Rules”

• Dynamic based on the data being processed

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Using Load Rules

• Allows default dimensionality to be set

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Post Load Validation

• Check Report retrieves aggregate values

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Pre-Load Validation

• Prevent Load/Calculation Errors

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Automation

• Email status including error capturing

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Essbase Dogma

• I’ve been loading data to Essbase for

years. I don’t need FDM. • I can do everything in load rules &

MAXL that I can do in FDM. • I’ve got EIS / Studio for drill

through. I don’t need ERPi.

• FDM can’t handle the data volumes

that are loaded to Essbase. • FDM can’t load to ASO or the

Planning repository.

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ERPi In a Nutshell

• Enterprise Resource Planning Integrator • “FDM 2.0” - The strategic direction of Oracle • Enables direct connectivity for many Oracle ERP systems &

SAP (prebuilt) as well as other source systems (configuration) • Enables drill through to the source data in the source system

– no data warehouse/staging needed • Enables metadata to be sourced from the source system to

update EPM applications • Provides the ability to write back budget data from Planning

and Essbase to the General Ledger • Integrated into WorkSpace • The use of ODI supports far larger data volumes • Utilizes JAVA web services

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ERPi Drill – EPM

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ERPi Drill – Source

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ERPi Supported Systems

System Version EPM Version

Oracle eBusiness Suite 11.5.10 cu2 12 12.1.3

11.1.1.3+ 11.1.1.3+ 11.1.2.1+

PeopleSoft Financial Management

9.0 9.1

11.1.1.3+ 11.1.2.1+

PeopleSoft Commitment Control

9.1 11.1.2.2

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 Requires Tools 9.1 11.1.2.2 Fusion Financials 11.1.2.1.501+ SAP R3 4.7 11.1.2.1.501+ SAP ECC 6.0 11.1.2.1.501+ PeopleSoft Human Capital Management

9.0 11.1.2.0+

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Essbase Dogma

• I’ve been loading data to Essbase for

years. I don’t need FDM. • I can do everything in load rules &

MAXL that I can do in FDM. • I’ve got EIS / Studio for drill through. I

don’t need ERPi. • FDM can’t handle the data volumes

that are loaded to Essbase.

• FDM can’t load to ASO or the

Planning repository.

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FDM Volumes

• Myth: FDM can only handle files with <500k records

• Truth: FDM can handle millions of records in an individual file if properly designed – Efficient Mapping

– Parallel processing

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Essbase Dogma

• I’ve been loading data to Essbase for

years. I don’t need FDM. • I can do everything in load rules &

MAXL that I can do in FDM. • I’ve got EIS / Studio for drill through. I

don’t need ERPi. • FDM can’t handle the data volumes

that are loaded to Essbase. • FDM can’t load to ASO or the

Planning repository.

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ASO & Planning Loads

• FDM does not natively load Essbase ASO cubes (in replace) or the Planning relational repository

• However, FDM can execute batch files – Execute MAXL

– Execute stored procedures, SSIS

packages, etc.

FDM is as powerful as the creativity &

ability of the person implementing it

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Use Cases

• Stand alone FDM • Stand Alone ERPi • FDM with ERPi

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Stand Alone FDM

• Non Oracle GL Systems • Acquisitions • Relational sources

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Stand Alone ERPi

• Oracle source systems • SAP General Ledger • ASO integration • Very large data volumes

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FDM with ERPi

• Oracle source systems • SAP General Ledger • Complex mapping

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FDM Considerations

• Multiple adaptors can be used in a single application • Dimension names must exactly match Essbase

dimension name • ESB_PRIV_APPDESIGN or ESB_PRIV_DBDESIGN –

used to perform a load using replace • ESB_PRIV_CALC – used to execute clear &

aggregation scripts • If not loading with replace and no need to run an

aggregation, no special roles are needed but string load must be enabled on the FDM target adaptor

• Load rules should be used to manage “global” dimensions

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Futures Discussion

• Classic FDM • ERPi/FDMEE

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Ready to Take the Plunge

• Oracle Support • Oracle Technology

Network (OTN) • Oracle documentation • Edgewater Ranzal • www.FDMGuru.com

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Questions

Tony Scalese ascalese@ranzal.com

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