The Finit Solutions Series
Getting the Most out of Hyperion Enterprise: Release 6 5 1 and theEnterprise: Release 6.5.1 and the Extraction Utility for HFM
July 14 2010July 14, 2010
Presented by Angie Apple
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About Finit Solutions
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Finit IntroductionThe Finit Solutions Series
Finit Solutions specializes in consulting services in the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Solutions suite of products:
Financial Consolidation– Financial Management (HFM)
Hyperion Enterprise
Planning and Business Intelligence– Planning
Essbase– Hyperion Enterprise
– Financial Close Management
– Disclosure Management
– Essbase
BI+ Reporting ToolsFinancial Reporting
Integration– Financial Data Quality Management
(FDM)
– Financial Reporting
– Interactive Reporting
– Smartview
Web Analysis( )
– Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
– Data Integration Management (DIM)
– Other (EPMA, ERPi, etc)
– Web Analysis
– Essbase Excel Add‐in
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Other (EPMA, ERPi, etc)
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Finit’s Enterprise & HFM ExperienceThe Finit Solutions Series
• Finit’s co‐founders were Hyperion Enterprise consultants for a Big Four consulting company in the 1990s.
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• Finit has the deepest knowledge of Hyperion Enterprise in the country. Some of our consultants have worked with Hyperion Enterprise since it was Microcontrol.
• Finit also has one of the largest practices of HFM certified consultants in the country. We assist clients with all aspects of HFM deployments from full lifecycle implementations toassist clients with all aspects of HFM deployments from full lifecycle implementations to application optimization / redesign activities.
• We design solutions around complex foreign currency analysis (including constant‐rate reporting), phased financial close calendars, tax reporting, IFRS and US GAAP p g), p , p g,adjustments, detailed cash flow analysis, and various other advanced accounting requirements.
• Finit is a member of the Oracle HFM Customer Advisory Board. In this role, we work directly with product development and quality engineering teams to address future enhancements to HFM.
• Rob Cybulski, co‐founder of Finit, is the HFM domain lead for the Oracle Applications User Group’s Special Interest Group
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User Group’s Special Interest Group.
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About the Presenter The Finit Solutions SeriesAbout the Presenter
Angie AppleAngie [email protected]
• One of Finit’s 2 founding partners
• HFM Certified Consultant• Has been designing and
implementing Hyperiontools since the 90’s
• Specializes in conversionspfrom Hyperion Enterpriseto HFM
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Agenda The Finit Solutions Series
• Overview of the Extract Utility
• Overview of the Hyperion Enterprise application to be
Agenda
• Overview of the Hyperion Enterprise application to be used
• Quick explanation of HFM dimensions• Quick explanation of HFM dimensions
• Demonstration of the utility
• What gets extracted?• What gets extracted?
• What does not get extracted?
Oth f t i H i E t i 6 5 1• Other new features in Hyperion Enterprise 6.5.1
• Upcoming webinars
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OverviewThe Finit Solutions Series
• Hyperion Enterprise 6.5.1 includes a utility that may accelerate the conversion of an Enterprisemay accelerate the conversion of an Enterprise application into an HFM application.
h l ll d• This utility allows you to extract metadata, Account lists, Entity lists, Journals, Data and Logic f ffrom Enterprise for import into HFM.
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An accelerator not a solutionThe Finit Solutions Series
• Oracle has several disclaimers and mentions many things to lookout for when using this utilitythings to lookout for when using this utility.– “Some data and metadata may not get extracted”
“ d d b f ll ll d– “It is not intended to be a full migration. You will need to make additional changes in order to get correct consolidated results in HFM”consolidated results in HFM
• It is not a turn‐key solution.
• Using the utility alone doesn’t allow you to take advantage of new functionality in HFM.
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Prerequisites and/or RequirementsThe Finit Solutions Series
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– Releases 6.3.1 and earlier will need to be removed before installing the 6.5.1 version of Enterprise
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HE d th Utilit t b• HE and the Utility must be installed on the same machine
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• If it is necessary to convert older releases (4.7‐6 4 1) to 6 5 1 make sure the data is consolidated
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6.4.1) to 6.5.1 make sure the data is consolidated with a status of OK before conversion.
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HFM DimensionsThe Finit Solutions Series
HFM contains 12 dimensions, 8 of which are preset and 4 of which are optional. The 8 preset dimensions are:p p
1. Scenario – Type of Data (i.e. Actual, Budget, Forecast)2. Period – Can be the month, Quarter, etc to view the data
l ( )3. Year – Fiscal reporting year (2007, 2008)4. View – Frequency (Periodic, YTD, QTD)5. Entity – Hierarchies of the main reporting rollups needed (Legal, Tax,
M t t )Management, etc.) 6. Value ‐ The audit trail of an entity, including local currency, translated / pre‐
elimination amount, elimination amount and post elimination amount7 Account The HFM application chart of accounts7. Account – The HFM application chart of accounts 8. ICP – Intercompany Partners: The partner entity that the intercompany
relationship is with
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HE to HFM: Periods & YearsThe Finit Solutions Series
HE HFMPeriod
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HE to HFM: Category ‐> Scenario + YearThe Finit Solutions Series
HE HFMHE HFM
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HE HFM
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HE to HFM: Subentity ‐> Value DimensionThe Finit Solutions Series
HE HFM
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HE to HFM: Acct.Subacct ‐> Account + CustomThe Finit Solutions Series
HE HFM
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HE HFM
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Starting the utilityThe Finit Solutions Series
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Running the extraction utilityThe Finit Solutions Series
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What gets extracted?The Finit Solutions Series
• Calendar Settings (creates the HFM Profile, .per)
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• Security Settings (creates the .sec file as well as brings over security class tags within dimensions)
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• Categories (becomes Scenarios and Years)
• Accounts (hierarchy comes from SUB type logic)• Accounts (hierarchy comes from SUB type logic)
• Sub accounts (becomes a Custom)
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What gets extracted?The Finit Solutions Series
• Intercompany Matching Group
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• Entities (translation and chart methods are tagged as UDAs)
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What gets extracted?The Finit Solutions Series
• Substructures (this becomes part of the Value dimension but can be a Custom if needed)
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dimension but can be a Custom if needed)
• Lists (becomes part of the Member List, .lst)
– Account Lists
– Entity Lists
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What gets extracted?The Finit Solutions Series
• Data (optional, creates .dat files)
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• Organization By period information – Ownership
– Shares
– Method
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What gets extracted?The Finit Solutions Series
• Journals (creates .jlf files. Folder is labeled Journals with subfolders by Category )
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• Jo rnals templates• Journals templates – Standard Journal Templates without Entities and Accounts do not load into HFMAccounts do not load into HFM.
– To load the standard template into HFM, enter a valid entity and account in the journal load file
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entity and account in the journal load file.
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What gets extracted?The Finit Solutions Series
• Logic (creates a .rle, Rules file)Chart logic
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– Translation logic
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– Dynamic View logic
– Input logic
– No Input logic
• Logic statements that are not needed or that may not convert to the correct syntax are included as comment lines. You must review the converted logic.
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Everything does not get extractedThe Finit Solutions Series
• Allocation Rules
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• Data Entry Schedules
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• Custom Functions
• Hyperion Schedules
• Reports / Sets /
• SCE Logic Statements
• Consolidation Details Data
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• Retrieve Excel Consolidation Details Data
• Parent Entity Data
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• AutoPilot• Conversion Tables • AutoPilot
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Post extraction activitiesThe Finit Solutions Series
• There are many things you may need to do after running the extraction Much of this will dependrunning the extraction. Much of this will depend on the complexity of the HE application itself.
f l f h k• Here are a few examples of activities to check out, but this is only a start.– After loading the extracted files into Hyperion Financial Management, running a consolidation may f il b f i tibiliti i th l filfail because of incompatibilities in the rules file.
– Any functions in Chart method referencing a currency rate account will not generate correct rule statements
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rate account will not generate correct rule statements.
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Post extraction activitiesThe Finit Solutions Series
– The Entity List flag “Include All Dependents” extracts top‐level entities in addition to the dependent entities.p
– The Dynamic View account type filter is not extracted for Account Lists. You will need to manually modify the HFM
b li t fil t i l d th filt f D i Vi tmember list file to include the filter for Dynamic View account.
– Negative amounts in journals do not load into HFM.
– The rules file may contain logic for categories that are notThe rules file may contain logic for categories that are not extracted.
– If an account is set to IsCalculated=N, it is recommended that you include the statement HS.CLEAR before any HS.EXP statement in the extracted Rules file. This ensures the account cell is cleared prior to performing a calculation.
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Additional HelpThe Finit Solutions Series
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– Oracle’s Hyperion Enterprise Release 6.5.1 Readme d tdocument
– Oracle’s Hyperion Enterprise Release 6.5.1 Installation GuideGuide
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Key AdviceThe Finit Solutions Series
• Design your HFM application first!
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• Determine how you want to use the dimensionality and functionality of HFM, then d d h h h l ffdecide whether the extract utility may offer some time savings for you.
• Don’t let the utility dictate your HFM design!
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Other New Features in HE 6.5.1The Finit Solutions Series
• FDM drill‐back from web data grid (must be on FDM 11 1 x)FDM 11.1.x)
• Improvements to Application Backup and Restore l ( f d fUtility (run from Windows Start Menu or from
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• Search and Sort in Reports and Books
• Full list of new features: – The Finit Minute (Q1 2009 (6.5), Q1 2010(6.5.1))
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Join us on August 18 to learn about the various data and metadata integration options for Essbase and Planning We will discuss the business case and pros / consoptions for Essbase and Planning. We will discuss the business case and pros / cons of various tools and solutions, including:
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