This document discusses the jaw dropping functionality that Groovy provides for Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS). It begins with an introduction to Groovy and the EPBCS API. Then, it will demonstrate use cases with live examples, including validation rules, dynamic calculations, and real-time synchronization between applications. Finally, it discusses how Accelytics has used Groovy to solve real-world business problems for clients, such as adding missing data and eliminating lengthy consolidation processes.

1. INTRODUCTION TO GROOVY IN EPBCS
AND JAW DROPPING FUNCTIONALITY IT PROVIDES
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Demonstration and Benefit Discussion
Groovy is the icing on the cake. Add pre-save validation on
forms, real time consolidation and plan type synchronization,
and execute calculations in ASO.

2. ABOUT ACCELYTICS
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3. KYLE GOODFRIEND
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Vice President at Accelytics / Oracle EPBCS Implementation Specialist
Professional and Personal
• BBA, concentration in Finance
• College professor for 5 years
• Started consulting in 2008
• 100% self taught (technology)
• Created In2Hyperion and the
Essbase Excel Ribbon
• Started the Columbus
Hyperion Customer
Community
(CHCC.In2Hyperion.com)
• Love playing ice hockey, scuba
diving, and rescue dogs
• Have a beautiful wife that I
drive nuts
• Raising a son that is a walking
medical deductible
Planning and Essbase
• Worked with Hyperion since
1997
• Started learning Groovy in
August of 2017
• Worked with the cloud since
2015
• Hold certification in Hyperion
Planning, PBCS, and EPBCS
• Hold specialization in Pre-
Sales, Sales, and Support for
both Planning and Essbase
• Also a Microsoft Certified
Professional

4. ABOUT
ACCELYTICS
• Accelerated Analytics = Accelytics
• Founded in 2015
• Over 40 process and technology experts
THE ACCELYTICS JOURNEY

5. ABOUT
ACCELYTICS
FOCUS

6. ABOUT
ACCELYTICS
ACCELYTICS STRENGTHS

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WHY IS ACCELYTICS DIFFERENT

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WEBINAR FORMAT
• Please mute your line
• I will pause frequently for questions
and the more interactive the better
• Everybody will benefit by one person’s
question

9. PRESENTATION PROGRESSION
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:05 GROOVY INTRODUCTION
High level overview
:05 ePBCS API
High level overview
:25 USE CASES
Live demonstration
:10
INCREDIBLE OPPORTINITIES
Groovy has a lot to offer and the
journey starts here
:05 ACCELYTICS INTRODUCTION
Company history and focus

10. INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY
Groovy has a lot to offer and the journey starts here
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11. • ePBCS and PBCS+1 have access to create
Groovy calculations
• Groovy calculations open up the Java API and
provide a user experience never before
available
• Have access to use groovy to interact with
the user and customize commands sent to
the PBCS
There is currently no expectation that Oracle will make
Groovy Calculations available in future on-premise releases in
the same flavor as you will see today
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GROOVY
AVAILABILITY AND
LICENSING

12. GET EXCITED
ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITIES
• There are a lot of questions and mis-information available
• Coming from experience and having a direct line to
development
• This obviously can change
CLOUD VS ON-PREMISE COMPARISON
Groovy Flavor ePBCS On-
Premise
Interact with user input prior to the data being
submitted
Y N
Direct access to write data to BSO and ASO Y N
Execute external processes N Y
Accept parameters and return a result based on
business logic
Y Y
Runs inside the application Y N
Used to connect and process actions through the
REST API
Y Y

13. ON-PREMISE VS CLOUD VISUAL
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One Pass
Iterative Iterative
Iterative
CloudOn Premise

14. • Complete real time model synchronization
» A planner can change the property of an employee in WFP
and immediately report on an updated P&L
» Your CFO can get a real-time fully consolidated P&L report
at any time of the day
» P&L managers don’t have to wait to see line manager
updates impact to the fully consolidated P&L
» Planners can make changes and see if the impact to the
consolidated P&L is what they expected
• Data input can be validated before it is submitted
» A planner can be confident that all planners have fully
allocated expenses
» A planner can be sure that all employees have a calculated
salary – no matter what the pay method, the
corresponding pay rates are also entered
» All drivers fall within acceptable ranges
SOLVES ISSUES NEVER BEFORE
POSSIBLE

15. GET EXCITED
ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITIES
• Real-time consolidated reporting
» Consolidations can truly be eliminated
• Enormous performance improvements
» Sub second business logic execution
» Sub second data pushes
» Sub second model synchronization
• Pre-save data validation
» Stop users from saving any data until it meets rules
▸Has to be 100% allocated
▸Can’t enter quantity without a price
▸Can’t change employee properties unless they meet the
appropriate criteria
▸Data can’t be entered outside of dynamic ranges
▸If a range is violated, require a comment before exception is
allowed
GET EXCITED

16. GET EXCITED
ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITIES
• Execute business logic outside of Essbase
» Track all history to a user, not just edited data
» Execute business logic in an ASO database
• Access to Java functions
» Perform complex text manipulation
» Perform sophisticated date logic
• Advanced traffic lighting algorithms
• Customize error and return messages
• Customize logging
• Perform metadata management from forms on the fly
• Real-time synchronization to and from strategic
modeling
• Provide functional methods like custom spreads,
duplicate data in forms, and other operational needs
GET EXCITED

17. GROOVY INTRODUCTION
High level overview
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18. GROOVY
INTRODUCTION
• Java-syntax-compatible object-oriented
programming language for the Java platform
• Is both a static and dynamic language
• Is both a programming language and a scripting
language for the Java Platform
• Is less strict and easier to consume for PBCS
administrators that don’t have a programming
background
• Free to use and includes a simple developer
application that can be used outside of ePBCS
WHAT IS GROOVY

19. GROOVY
INTRODUCTION
• PBCS and ePBCS are built with Groovy
NOT GOING ANYWHERE

20. EPBCS API
High level overview
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21. EPBCS API
OVERVIEW
• Classes – objects that expose data and actions
» Application
» Cube
» Member
» Operation
» DataMap
» Cell
• Methods – actions that allow you to set and get
information
» getMemberName (Member class)
» setData (Cell class)
» getSmartPush (the Application class)
» Execute (DataMap class)
API INTRODUCTION

22. EPBCS API
OVERVIEW
• An API (Application Programming Interface) is a
software-to-software interface that enables
two applications to exchange data among each
other. Though this might sound a little boring,
they are used a lot in the real world to create
some amazing applications.
• The API has
» Classes (objects that expose actions and properties)
» Methods (the actions of the classes – do something
or return a value)
IN LAYMAN’S TERMS

23. EPBCS API
OVERVIEW
• Compare to a car
» Groovy is the driver of a car,
» the API is the mechanism(s) the car provides to
execute actions
IN LAYMAN’S TERMS
Class Method
Steering Wheel Turn left/right
Brake Pedal Press slows the car
Gas Pedal Press to accelerate the car
Turn Signal Push up to flash left turn signal lights, down to
initiate the right turn signal lights
Windshield Wipers Click to turn on/change speed
Twist to set the interval

24. USE CASES
Live demonstration
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25. USE CASES
AND DEMO
• Validation
» Control range of data input
» Require comments when values are outside
suggested ranges
» Require only alpha numeric text for input
» Ensure employee drivers align with inputs
» Monthly spreading doesn’t change full year total
• Functional
» Push employee status out to remaining months
» Dynamic Calculations / Data Push
» ASO to BSO/ASO synchronization
» Action Menus that can execute Data Maps
WHAT WE WILL SEE

26. WRAPPING UP
Thank you for attending
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27. WRAPPING
UP
• Plan was missing 3MM in Salary
» Business Issue
▸Users changed employee properties from hourly to salary but
didn’t enter an annual salary rate
» Groovy
▸Added validation so it was impossible to save a form with missing
rates
• Leadership wanted real-time reporting, project
would be a failure without, was told PBCS could do
it during sales cycle
» Business Issue
▸When users changed product or WFP module data, it took 2-25
minutes to save every form (consolidations and data maps ran)
» Groovy
▸Consolidations were eliminated to complete and form saves took
2.5 seconds on average
REAL WORLD WINS

28. WRAPPING
UP
• Currency Conversion in ASO
» Procedural calculations
▸Had to be calculated at summary levels
▸Had to be split into more than 20 calculations
» Groovy
▸At level 0 of all dimensions
▸Daily processing time was roughly 20 minutes
• Reconciliate to HFM loaded at consolidated levels
» Procedural calculations
▸ Too complex for PBCS
▸Development could not get it to finish
» Groovy
▸Finished in 5 minutes for the entire year
▸Prompted for start and end month/year
▸One calculation
▸Developed in 4 hours
REAL WORLD WINS

29. WRAPPING
UP
• kgoodfriend@accelytics.com
• (614) 668-7324
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HOW TO CONTACT KYLE