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EPM Cloud - masking data
One of the new features in release 17.04 is the ability to mask data using the EPM Automate utility which also means it should be available through the REST API, the release documentation provides the...
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FDMEE – diving into the Essbase and Planning security mystery – Update
I wanted to provide an update to the last post I wrote on the mystery around security with on-premise FDMEE and Data Management in the cloud, in the post I went through how data is loaded when the load...
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FDMEE/Data Management – All data types in Planning File Format – Part 1
Recently a new load method was added to Data Management in EPM Cloud, there was no mention of it in the announcements and new features monthly updates document so I thought I would put together a post...
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FDMEE/Data Management – All data types in Planning File Format – Part 2
Moving swiftly on to the second part where I am going to look at the “all data types in planning file format” load type in Data Management, the functionality is basically the same as what I covered in...
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EPM Cloud – Managing applications with Smart View
One of the recent new features in EPM Cloud is the ability to manage applications with Smart View, this is not to be confused with managing metadata using the Planning Admin Extension in Smart View,...
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EPM Cloud – Managing applications with Smart View continued
In the last postI went through in detail the ability to manage a PBCS application using Excel and Smart View, I wanted to cover what happens behind the scenes with Smart View and try to replicate the...
View ArticleChange to Essbase forces auto shutdown of applications after being idle
I noticed a new configuration setting that appeared in the 11.1.2.4.018 Patch Set Update for Essbase, the readme has the following under the defect fixes and documentation update sections:New...
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EPM Cloud - Clearing data with EPM Automate and REST
There have been a few new additions to the EPM Cloud 17.07 release that I thought might be worth quickly running through.There is a new version of the EPM Automate utility which includes a new command...
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FDMEE – Custom Scheduler
If you have ever had to work with the scheduler in the FDMEE UI then you will understand that it is far from perfect.The main issues I find are that the UI doesn’t t have all the scheduling options...
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FDMEE - Custom Scheduler - Part 2
In the last part I went through an example solution to build a custom scheduler which could be accessed through the FDMEE UI, it was created using a combination of jython and the ODI Java API, the post...
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EPM Cloud - Connections are here
In the latest EPM Cloud release there is some new functionality that I thought would be worth covering, it was originally titled EPM connect in the presentations I have previously seen and allows...
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FDMEE – Load rules driven by substitution variables
A question has come up a few times around using Essbase substitution variables to define the period for a FDMEE data load rule so I thought of putting a post together on the subject.Unfortunately at...
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FDMEE - building Essbase dimensions - Part 1
As you are probably aware FDMEE is great at processing and loading data but not so good when it comes to metadata, currently the only way to load metadata without customisation is with a supported ERP...
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FDMEE - building Essbase dimensions - Part 2
In the last part I covered a possible solution for building Essbase dimensions through FDMEE, it involved creating a custom application to allow metadata from a file to be loaded to FDMEE, this was...
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FDMEE/Data Management – common questions part 1
There have been a few reoccurring questions raised recently around FDMEE/Data Management so I thought I would collate some of these types of questions and put a few posts together to address them, this...
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FDMEE/Data Management – common questions part 2
Moving on to the second part where I am going to cover a few of the common questions and misunderstanding around the different load methods in FDMEE/Data Management, mainly concentrating on the “All...
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EPM Cloud – Data Management – Loading metadata is here
Well it is certainly a piece of functionality that has been on the roadmap for a long time but finally it has arrived in the 17.11 EPM Cloud release.I must admit I was quite surprised that the...
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What’s new in FDMEE 11.1.2.4.220
Well it almost a year since the 11.1.2.4.210 patch set was released but finally the next patch .220 has landed.Besides bug fixes there are some new features in the .220 release which I will quickly go...
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Simplifying a planning process with help again from Groovy
I recently had the chance to look at improving an error prone and over complicated on-premise process to run FDMEE data load rules from Planning business rules.The solution started with a business rule...
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EPM Cloud - Capturing rejections in Data Management - Part 1
I have been asked on numerous occasions whether it is possible to capture rejected records for data loads in Data Management and either send an email with the details or process the rejected...
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