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One of these Smart Views is not like the other, one of these things does not...
You must look for the clewA hat tip must be given to Gary Adashek aka @GADASHEK for it is his hard work and (apparently) incessant nagging that got this superduper feature. See, mega multinational...
View ArticleThe Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS, No. 2. – Philip Hulsebosch's blog
Yeah, I’m stealing the contentWell, not really, more like giving a little publicity to a blog that most of this particular blog’s readers do not read. It’s by Philip Hulsebosch. For those of you who...
View ArticleDo you know who runs the ODTUG EPM Community?
Probably not, but you shouldHave you ever wondered who makes the ODTUG EPM Community initiatives come off? I don’t mean Kscope (there’s a Conference Committee for that) but instead the webinars, the...
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The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS, No. 3 -- Managing PBCS
Quid Novi PBCSNever fear, that’s the last Latin you’ll see in this post. But I will indeed be covering what’s new in the administration of the PBCS service. There’s a lot of interesting information...
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Stupid Programming Tricks No. 28 -- LCM, 7z, and Planning migrations
How long can Yr. Obt. Svt. be wrong?The answer to that question is apparently indefinitely. And the task so trivial. Sigh.The problemThis post was supposed to be one in my Compleat Idiot’s Guide to...
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Working in EPM? Live in South Florida? Not going to the South Florida EPM...
Why indeedJust what is a meetup? Given EPMers’ technological bent, it is surprising to me that we don’t readily cotton on to the concept of a meetup. That’s a pity because they are a great way to...
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The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS, No. 4 - Philip Hulsebosch and Smart Push
A noteI have again managed to convince Philip to write a guest post. Actually, he suggested it but I like to think that I am Svengali or at least a salesman. Nope, this was all his idea. It’s really...
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The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS, No. 5 -- Migrating from PBCS to...
Wrong Way CorriganThere are plenty of blogposts, videos, and Oracle documentation on how to go from on-premises Planning to PBCS. But what about the other way round? What if you want to take a PBCS...
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The Compleat Idiot’s Guide to PBCS, No. 6 – Philip Hulsebosch and Valid...
This is your hostYr. Obt. Svt. may be the host but Philip Hulsebosch has again done all the work. It is, as usual, top drawer stuff and yet another dive into the coolness that is PBCS. Sit back,...
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The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS, No. 7 -- Smart Forms are Smart
A triumph, a warning, and a lamentYes, it’s another one of my “All of Gaul is divided into three parts” posts. Or maybe it’s my Descartesian nature. Or maybe PBCS’ Smart Forms simply lend themselves...
View ArticleThe Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS, No. 8 -- Supported Smart Forms Excel...
What’s in, what’s out, and what’s not official (that would be all of it)I’ve done this before, and I’m doing this again: this blog is (like many if not all of my posts) information that is not in any...
View ArticleThe Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS No. 9 -- The A to Z of EPM Automate
The sum of more than its partsIn the on-premises Planning world we have access to a variety of EPM script languages: Essbase’s MaxL (probably the most commonly used), Shared Services’ LCM utility, and...
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The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS No. 10, PBCS and metadata
The Big OneIn some ways I really enjoy writing these long ones – I get to really dive into a subject, I absolutely learn how to do something, and in theory I am imparting valuable information to you,...
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The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS, No. 11, PBCS and data
Short(ish) and sweet(ish)The previous post on this was long, too long maybe (Maybe? Definitely.) and certainly the longest post I’ve ever written if counting the pages in MS Word is a guide – 56 – and...
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The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS, No. 12, PBCS and calculations
I have spared you Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres. Are you grateful?After my last bout of dead language infatuation, the answer is almost undoubtedly yes. Although I am sticking to the Queen’s...
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The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS No. 13, LCM aka Application Management
Danger 5I have been accused of being somewhat conservative in my consulting career: taking the simple approach over the clever even when the clever is…clever ‘cos it inevitably blows up when the...
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The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS No 14, Chris Rothermel and Planning data...
IntroductionYes, another Compleat Idiot post, and yes another one not written by yr. obt. svt. Aren’t you glad?This time round we have a lament coupled with a plea by my friend and colleague Chris...
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The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS, No. 15 -- batching it up in PBCS and...
FinallyYes, finally. You, oh Gentle Reader, and me, yr. obt. svt., are at that stage of finally tying together the different threads needed to perform the ostensibly simple monthly load of actuals...
View ArticleKscope16 Apex sessions I'm interested in
Apex? Whhaaaaaat?Although it may be somewhat hard to believe, in fact yr. obt. svt. has technology interests outside of EPM many of which – like what would it take to really build that fusion reactor...
View ArticleHybrid Essbase, Oracle, Kscope16, and you
Surveying the Hybrid landscapeIf you read this blog, you know that Hybrid is the future of Essbase. If you don’t agree with that you should read this, and this, and buy this book, and listen to this...
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