Ranzal Practice Director, Tony Scalese conducted this presentation at the recent ODTUG Kaleidoscope conference in Long Beach, California.

1. Planning (or Essbase) and FDM, and
ERPi Equals Success
Tony Scalese
www.ranzal.com

2. About Edgewater Ranzal
 One of the Largest
Oracle/Hyperion Practices in
the U.S.
 Oracle / Hyperion Platinum
15 Years Partner - Highest Status
700+ clients
1000+ projects  Vertical Expertise with High-
Profile Clients from Coast to
Coast
 Sound Project Methodology
Insures Project Success
 “One Stop Shop” for ALL EPM
Implementation needs

3. Our Services
Business
Consolidation Planning
Intelligence
Data Project
Infrastructure
Services Management

4. Who Is Tony Scalese
 Over 10 years Experience with Data Integration and
Financial Planning & Consolidation on the Hyperion suite of
products
 Established many innovative FDM design, customization
and automation concepts that have evolved into standard
Industry-wide practices.
 Certified HFM Consultant - System 9 & Fusion 11
 Present at Oracle conferences, Ranzal webcasts and post
on Oracle Technology Network (OTN) and blog on
www.FDMGuru.com
 B.A. Economics, Allegheny College; MBA Candidate, Babson
College

5. Financial Data Quality Management is…
 …the premier end user data transformation
tool to load data to Oracle EPM applications
including:
● HFM
● Essbase (Planning)
● HSF
● Hyperion Enterprise
 …a centralized data management solution
 …AWESOME 

6. Key Benefits of FDM
 End user friendly web interface that provides
directed workflow
 Flexibility
 Drill down & drill through capabilities for data
investigation
 Organization wide process monitoring
 Extensive automation capabilities using built
in batch loader
 Open architecture product

7. FDM Capabilities
 Load to base or upper level members
 Use load rules
 Execute clears & aggregations
 Control dimension output order
 Execute calc scripts
 Execute MAXL scripts
 Load multiple periods in a single execution

8. Configuring FDM Essbase Adaptor
 Essbase Client (32 bit) must be installed on
the FDM application server
 Essbase adaptor has a form based
configuration screen that is more elegant
than the other adaptors
 Allows Machine profiles, dimensions &
integration options all to be modified from a
single interface

9. Machine Profile
 Establishes the connection between the FDM
application server and the Essbase server
 If a user name is specified in the machine
profile, these are the credentials used any
time FDM interacts with Essbase
 The security rights of the user name in the
profile will trump the security rights if any
user is input in the integration settings or the
user logged into FDM

10. Machine Profile

11. Connection Information
 Enter the Essbase Application & Database
 Logon Method
● Global: User ID and Password specified in the
integration settings controls all interaction with
Essbase
● Unified: The Essbase security assigned to the
FDM user controls the interaction with Essbase
unless a user name is specified in the machine
profile

12. Connection Information

13. Load Information
 Enabled Drillable Region Load: used for
Drill through from Essbase to FDM
 Load Rule Name: Essbase load rule FDM
will use to load the data (recommended)
 Enable consolidation: Allows FDM to run
aggregation after a load.
 Default Calculation Method: Dynamic; agg
calc in adaptor is used

14. Load Information

15. Dimensions
 Global – point of view dimensions; category,
period, year (if applicable)
 Mappable – 23 available dimensions for
mapping; Entity, Account, ICP, Custom1-20
 Attribute – 14 attributes to store additional
information about a record; can be used in
scripting

16. Dimensions
 Each dimension (mapped & global) needs to
be configured & saved
 Activate/Deactivate dimension as needed
 Foreign name must exactly match Essbase
dimension name; select Dimension name
from the drop down
 Give the dimension an alias and set
matching labels

17. Dimensions

18. Calc Order – Pros & Cons
 Essbase adaptor can be configured to
control the order in which dimension are
output to the data file to be loaded
 Pro: Improved data load time, less Essbase
fragmentation
 Con: Cross dimensional maps could be
impacted

19. Essbase Security Roles Needed
 ESB_PRIV_APPDESIGN or
ESB_PRIV_DBDESIGN – used to perform a
load using replace
 ESB_PRIV_CALC – used to execute clear &
aggregation scripts
 If not loading with replace and no need to run
an aggregation, no special roles are needed
but string load must be enabled on the FDM
target adaptor

20. Load Rules
 Essbase load rules can be leveraged by FDM to
load the FDM produced data file
 Eliminates the need to “map” global dimensions
such as version & HSP Rates as those can be
specified in the load rule
 All data load errors are collected in an err file
 Can be used to ignore FDM dimensions used for
mapping but that do not need to be loaded
 Avoid mapping in load rules – use FDM as
intended!

21. Load Action – Data Clearing
 During the Export workflow stage, when
loading in replace, FDM will execute a clear
calc script
 Default calc script is coded in the Load action
and executes for each entity in the data file to
be loaded
 Script can be modified for application needs

22. Consolidate Action – Aggregation
 Enable consolidation option in the adaptor
 2 Types of Execution
● Each base entity in the data file (Enable base
entity calc option enabled)
● For each entity in the validation entity assigned to
the location (Dynamic/File in Default calc method)
● AGG script in the Consolidate action OR
● Essbase Calc Script specified in Validation Entity

23. Tokenized Calc Scripts
 Calc scripts can be created to mimic
Planning business rules that use run time
prompts (tokens)
 FDM process can be created that supply the
token(s) when executing the calc script
 Eliminates the need for multiple calc scripts
or custom process to update substitution
variables

24. Executing MAXL
 FDM does not have an API to execute MAXL
 MAXL is generally executed via a Windows
batch file
 FDM can execute Windows batch files using
Windows shell
● Set wShell =
WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
● lngResult = WShell.Run(strCommand,
WindowStyle, blnWaitOnReturn)

25. Enhanced Validate
 When integrating with HFM, FDM will verify that
the mapped record will successfully load to HFM
 The reciprocal does NOT exist for Essbase
integrations
 As an Essbase outline changes, FDM can (and
often does) have a map that translates a source
dimension member to a target member that no
longer exists in Essbase
 When this happens, the user will encounter a
data load error during the Export Process

26. Example Intersection Validation

27. ERP Integrator is…
 …a new module of FDM that allows data and
metadata to be sourced from Oracle ERP systems:
● Oracle eBusiness Suite (eBS)
● PeopleSoft G/L
● PeopleSoft HR
 …used to drill to source level transactional data in
the ERP system directly from EPM applications
 …capable of writing budget data to the ERP from an
Essbase (BSO & ASO) or Planning application
 …continuing to evolve
 …the future of data integration

28. ERPi Key Benefits
 Direct integration to ERP & Human Resource
systems
 Drill through capabilities on G/L data
 Budget write back capabilities
 Integration with EPM Workspace
 Leverages ODI
 ASO loading capabilities
 Flexibility
● Integration with FDM
● Direct Usage

29. FDM with ERPi
 Source adaptor controls data import process
 Integration option 1 – use to specify data
rule; must be created in all CAPS in ERPi
 Sign conversion happens automatically for
G/L liability, equity & revenue types
 Attribute 14 – don’t use it; ERPi adaptor uses
for drill through

30. ERPi Stand Alone
 Provides metadata loading capabilities
 Provides write back for budget data
 Automation is controlled through JAVA web
services

31. ERPi Load Methods
 EPMA: loads data using data
synchronization; metadata using interface
tables and import profile
 Classic: direct load to the EPM application
 FDM: Data only

32. ERPi Import Formats
 One to One – Single chart field/segment to 1
EPM dimension
 Many to One – Up to 5 chart fields/segments
or segments to 1 EPM dimension
 Chart fields/Segments can be reused

33. ERPi Mapping
 Explicit
 Between
 Like
● *
● ?
● <segment>
● <blank>
 Data synchronization routine is used to load data
when using ERPi with EPMA apps (no FDM)
 Data synchronization can be further leveraged
for mapping

34. ERPi Writeback
 Supports Planning, BSO & ASO for 11.1.2.x
 Cannot write back to PeopleSoft Human
Capital
 Supplementary process must be run in the
ledger after the ERPi process to “post” the
budget data

35. ERPi Considerations
 Only functional currency is extracted using
ERPi
 Currencies & Rates – Use ISO codes; only
loaded when using classic data load
 Mapping – Do not use underscore (_) as the
concatenation character if using FDM

36. Integration with Essbase & Planning
 “Classic” FDM, FDM with ERPi or ERPi stand
alone can all be used to load data
 Single FDM application can connect to
multiple applications and/or cubes
 FDM natively loads data to Essbase, not the
relational repository of Planning; however,
custom processes can be created as needed

37. Decision Point
 What’s The Right Solution?
● A) FDM
● B) FDM with ERPi
● C) ERPi
 Answer
● D) All of the above!

38. Questions
Tony Scalese
ascalese@ranzal.com
www.ranzal.com

39. New Features in 11.1.2.1
 FDM
● Office 2010 support
 ERPi
● SQL Server support
● Data load rules refinement
● Adjustment period mapping
● HR data rules

40. Other Ranzal Presentations
Calculation Manager: The New and Improved Application to Create Hyperion
Planning Business Rules – Monday, 11:15 am, Room 102C
Security and Auditing in HFM – Tuesday, 4:30pm, 101B
Best Practices for Using DRM with EPMA – Wednesday, 8:30am, 103A
Getting Started with Calc Manager for HFM – Wednesday, 8:30am, 101B
Advanced Topics in Calc Manager for HFM – Wednesday, 9:45am, 101B
Maximizing the Value of an EPM Investment with ERPi, FDM & EPMA – Wednesday,
11:15am, 101B
Taking your FDM application to the next level with Advanced Scripting – Friday,
8:30am, 101B
IFRS reporting within Hyperion Financial Management – Thursday, 10:30am, 101B