Anthony Scalese Edgewater Ranzal
March 20, 2013
FDM & ERPi with Essbase - Streamlining Data Integration
and Challenging Dogma
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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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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
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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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