Oracle PBCS December 2016 release updates

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Here is a quick update on Oracle PBCS December 2016 proposed updates. More details can be found on Oracle’s release control document New REST API’s You can now use REST APIs to get and set substitution variables. Access logs that list user activity You can now download a daily access log, a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file, which provides detailed information on the resources that users accessed, duration of user activity, the IP addresses from … Read More

Using Planning Calc Manager Variables in Essbase Calculation script with SET RUNTIMESUBVARS command

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On a recent project, I wanted to execute an Essbase Calc script with substitution variables set to accept values passed by Planning business rule run time prompts. In this specific case, I wanted a user to run a business rule in a planning application that would use the run time prompt values and pass on to a calculation script in a separate standalone Essbase database. I used a combination of CDF in business rule that … Read More

Setting up FDMEE Source Accounting Entity Group to extract data from multiple accounting entities in a single data load rule

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An accounting entity group is a grouping of multiple accounting entities and is used to extract data from multiple source accounting entities using a single data load rule. The snapshots and content used in this post relate to Oracle EBS. The same concept would apply when using other source systems or ERP’s. On a recent project, I came across a requirement to load multiple accounting entities. The source system was Oracle EBS and FDMEE had … Read More

Oracle PBCS June release updates

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Per Oracle’s RCD for June 2016, the Oracle PBCS release is expected to have the following updates. Some of these updates are a huge improvement over the current version. New User Interface: A new feature that allows current customers to switch the default user interface for all end users to the improved Simplified Interface. Smart View release 11.1.2.5.600: This release contains new features such as support for attribute calculation across planning dimensions, attribute based dynamic … Read More

Quick Tip – Encrypt Oracle PBCS password using epm automate encrypt command

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Epm Automate provides an encrypt command to encrypt Oracle PBCS password used in epm automate batch files. This can be very handy when using parameters files containing Oracle PBCS passwords. The syntax of the ‘encrypt’ command is: epmautomate encrypt password key <password file> Double click on the epmautomate.bat file found in C:\Oracle\EPM Automate\bin directory to start epm automate. At the command prompt you can type in epmautomate encrypt help to see information regarding the command. … Read More

Quick Tip – Launching Financial Reporting Web Studio from Oracle PBCS

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Financial Reporting Web Studio is now available on Oracle PBCS Test Instances. This will be released on Production instances 2 weeks from now. Launch the Financial Reporting Web Studio from Oracle PBCS Workspace by navigating to Tools->Launch Reporting Web Studio. Please note that per Oracle release document, currently only a Service Administrator can save new report designs using this release of the Financial Reporting Web Studio.

Import Smart Lists into Oracle PBCS or Planning using a csv file

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Here is an easy way to import Smart Lists in to Oracle PBCS or on premise Planning using a csv file. This has been tested on Oracle PBCS and Planning versions 11.1.2.3.500 and later. The first step would be to export the existing Smart Lists. When we do this we get the file format that we can modify and re-import. If you do not have any smart lists yet in your application, you can create … Read More

Oracle PBCS February Updates

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Per Oracle’s RCD for February 2016, the Oracle PBCS release will have the following updates: New Financial Reporting Web Studio: The March update of the service will include the new Financial Reporting Web Studio. This release includes about 85% of the functionality currently available in the Windows Financial Reporting Studio. The existing Windows Financial Reporting Studio will still be available. Because the report definitions remain the same, you can edit existing reports using the Windows … Read More

Oracle PBCS EPM Automate utility fails when password contains ‘^’ or ‘!’ special character

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On a recent PBCS project, I happened to run into an issue when using EPM Automate available with PBCS version 16.01.49. My EPM Automate batch failed, returning an’ EPMAT-9: Invalid credentials’ error. The same credentials worked fine when logging in PBCS Workspace. After a few iterations playing around with passwords with special characters, I found out that EPM Automate fails when the password contains ‘^’ or ‘!’ special character. It works fine with other special … Read More

Setting up Valid Intersections in Oracle PBCS

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If you have been implementing on-premise Hyperion Planning applications, you would have a missed a very good feature, that of putting in a rule to mark certain member intersections as valid combinations for data entry. Oracle has provided this feature in Oracle PBCS called as Valid Intersections. However this feature is limited to the ‘Simplified’ interface within Oracle PBCS. After valid intersections are defined, cells containing invalid data are made read-only. On a recent PBCS … Read More