Clik here to view.
The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS, No. 17 -- License Compliance
This is never a fun topic, is it?With the caveat that IANAL nor am I the guy that actually signs the contract nor do I work for Oracle, it has been pointed out to me that PBCS – which was once...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stupid Programming Tricks No. 30 -- FIXing Stupid Programming Tricks No. 15...
For the love of MikeI just wrestled with an Essbase calc script that humbled me because: I couldn’t figure the !#$%ing thing out and I already dealt with this FOUR YEARS AGO (just about) in November...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Compleat Idiot’s Guide to PBCS, No. 18 -- Create Essbase Cloud Services...
There’s an Essbase Cloud Service in your futureWaiting for EssCS just like I am? You betcha. But what’s a geek to do when it’s not actually available (as of the middle of November 2016)? Roll your...
View ArticleThe very first (and most definitely not the last) Boston EPM/BI meetup
Live in (or near) Boston? Use (or develop) EPM/BI? Where should you be on 15 December 2016?At the eponymously named Boston Area EPM/BI Community Meetup, of course. I am happy to relate that the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Passing 300
It all began one summerIt seems so long ago (2,770 days or 396 weeks or 91 months or 7.6 years – but who’s counting?) that I first put pen to paper – Yes, I did. Really. I’ve now moved on to word...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boston meetup is go!
EPM in MassachusettsAnother EPM meetup, another success. Monotonous, isn’t it?Here’s Mark Rinaldi and Norman Williams kicking off the meetup. We had almost 20 people attending. I (and others) think...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Delete Multiple Files with EPM Automate
IntroductionI have, somehow yet again convinced others to write my blog for me. I must be getting good at this, or others must be losing their minds because this really good post came to Yr. most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The new and even more improved EPM cloud documentation portal
Fourth editionYr. most hmbl. & obt. svt. seems to write an awful lot about documentation:The new (and improved) EPM documentation portalEPM documentation – The little things mean a lotThe Compleat...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Smart View Survey Results
If someone asks you to, “Name an animal with three letters in its name.” you must answer, “Frog”. Or “Alligator”.Alas, in my laziness I could not find a good clip of Richard Dawson (surely at his best...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stupid Programming Tips No. 31 -- Installing just Excel 2016 and nothing else
Excel, just Excel, and nothing elseAlthough I’ve known Oracle EPM (and Hyperion and before that Arbor all the way back to Comshare) for far longer than I care to think about, my installation skills...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A lightweight, modular, and even better EPM on-premises backup
Time waits for no oneTime and tide waits for no man A while ago, like five years ago, I wrote about a lightweight, modular, and better Essbase backup. Funny, it doesn’t seem all that long ago and yet...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS No. 20 -- A lightweight and even better...
Not better. Best. At least in the cloud.Yr. Fthl., Hmbl., & Obt. Svt. has written how to back up on-premisesEssbase and EPM systems. But what about the cloud? There is no MaxL to be found in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Miami, Florida ODTUG BI-EPM Oracle Cloud Stack User Event
The when, the what, the where, the why, and the howCome this 13 April 2017, from noon to7 o’clock, a mere 29 days from the writing of this blog post (don’t get excited as this is written on Pacific...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Head in the Essbase Cloud No. 1 -- The Blessed Event
Nine months to gestationNo, Yr. Hmbl., Fthl., & Obt. Svt. has not suddenly changed sex and really and truly had one of life’s miracles bestowed upon him but instead something almost as great has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Head in the Essbase Cloud No. 2 -- Up the down staircase
I know a little bit about a lot of thingsOne of the more interesting aspects of Essbase Cloud is that dimension management within Excel is possible. Yes, there’s a web UI that allows this as well but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EPM 12c: Read 'em and weep
As that saying goes, read 'em and weep:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/oracle-epm-12-on-prem-news-flash-john-boothAre you on-premises people still here? Good. You have a strong will and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Miami, Florida ODTUG BI-EPM Oracle Cloud Stack User Event live blog
Where are you? Probably not at the ODTUG BI-EPM Cloud Stack User Event.Yr. Hmbl. & Obt. Svt. writes that because you’d not be reading my blog if you were. Actually if you are here and you are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Compleat Idiot's Guide to PBCS No. 21 -- Change is the only constant
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même choseI use a lot of Oracle EPM products: Essbase (all the time), Planning (some of the time), Essbase Cloud (more and more of the time), PBCS (some of the time),...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Head in the Essbase Cloud No. 3 -- Costing the Essbase Cloud
What price Essbase?I can(‘t) get it for you wholesaleOft times when I set pen to paper, I endeavor to get the geeky part of whatever I write just as accurately as I can manage to do. Yes, I get bits...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Head in the Essbase Cloud No. 4 -- Fixing Cube Designer's download
Procrastination really isn’t that bad sucksFor those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter (surely all of the sensible ones but here you are reading this so who knows), I just made the deadline for...
View Article