FDM & ERPi with Essbase - Streamlining Data Integration and Challenging Dogma
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FDM & ERPi with Essbase - Streamlining Data Integration and Challenging Dogma explores the key benefits that FDM offers for Essbase including dynamic calc script execution, an end user controlled data integration process, detailed audit trails, lights out automation, and the value added with drill through capability to transactions within the source system.
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FDM & ERPi with Essbase - Streamlining Data Integration and Challenging Dogma
- 1. FDM & ERPi with Essbase Streamlining Data Integration al and Challenging Dogma nz a of rty pe ro March 20, 2013 P Anthony Scalese Edgewater Ranzal dg E wa e rR te
- 2. About Edgewater Ranzal dg E 15 Years 700+ clients 1000+ projects P of rty pe ro ew ter a al z an R Focus Services People Methodology Customers Partnership
- 3. Our Services Dashboards & Scorecards, Profitability & Cost Mgmt, Financial Analytics & Reporting, Operational Analytics, What-if Analysis, Query & Reporting, Visual Exploration Financial performance, Legal, Segment & Mgmt Reporting, Financial Close HFM Optimization, Performance Lab SOX Compliance Support Installation, Upgrades, Migration, System Monitoring, Backup and Recovery, Disaster Recovery, Load Testing, Hardware Sizing Business Intelligence Consolidation P Data Integration, Financial Data Management, Data Warehousing, Master Data Management, ETL Services, Performance Tuning, Automation Data Services an R Planning ew g Ed f yo ert rop Infrastructure ter a al z Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Workforce Planning, Capital Planning, Project Planning, Campaign Planning, Strategic Finance Project Management Project/Program Mgmt, EPM Road Maps, Application Reviews, Business Requirements, Process Change, Documentation Support Services Training Support Services - Project/Program Mgmt, EPM Road Maps, Application Reviews, Business Requirements, Process Change, Documentation Dashboards/Scorecards, Profitability Cost Mgmt, Financial Analytics & Reporting, Operational Analytics, What-if Analysis, Query & Reporting, Visual Exploration
- 4. About Me • Oracle ACE – One of 29 in the world focused on BI • Over 12 years of experience acrossal nz the EPM suite Ra ter – More than 35 implementations wa ge • Oracle certified for Hyperion Financial Ed of Management –rtSystem 9 & Fusion 11 y pe • FDM Practice Manager @ Edgewater ro P Ranzal – www.ranzal.com • www.FDMGuru.com
- 5. Essbase Dogma • I’ve been loading data to Essbase for years. I don’t need FDM. al nz • I can do everything in load rulesa& MAXL that I rR ate can do in FDM. ew dg through. I don’t need • I’ve got EIS / Studio for drill fE yo ERPi. ert rop the data volumes that are loaded • FDM can’t handle P to Essbase. • FDM can’t load to ASO or the Planning repository.
- 6. FDM Key Features • Financial Data Quality Management • End user friendly web interface that provides directed workflow al nz • Drill through capabilities for data Ra investigation ter wa • Organization wide process monitoring & ge Ed auditing of rty capabilities using • Extensive automation pe roloader P built in batch • Prepackaged target system integration • Mature product – Limited bugs / low severity
- 7. FDM Workflow • Import – Data is loaded from a flat file or relational source into the FDM database – FDM transformation (maps) tables are applied l za an R • Validate – Checks that all source members were ter transformed wa • Export – – – ge d fE Clears data from Essbase yo Loads data to Essbase ert p r Essbase Aggregateso P • Check – Retrieves aggregate/calculated values from Essbase and compares to administrator defined thresholds to determine data quality
- 8. Why Use FDM? • Web Based • Robust Mapping Capabilities – Cross dimensional mapping – Wildcards • Centralized data repository ater w – Drill through – Re-processing dataf o • Audit rty pe ro an R al z ge d E – When & P whom was data processed by – What maps were applied; who modified the maps; what was the old map • Process Monitoring
- 9. FDM Mapping Types • Explicit: 1 to 1 Mapping • Between: Continuous range that maps to 1 EPM Member al nz 1 EPM • In: Non-continuous range that maps to Ra Member ter wa • Like: Wildcard ge Edrecord • Ignore: Skip/Do not of load P rty pe ro
- 13. Even More Reasons for FDM • Distributed model • API execution of calc scripts – “Business Rules” • Leverage load rules ter • Post load validation wa ge Ed • Open architectureoproduct that f rty supports enhancements pe ro P • Automation an R al z
- 14. “Business Rules” • Dynamic based on the data being processed Ed f ew g P yo ert rop ter a an R al z
- 15. Using Load Rules • Allows default dimensionality to be set Ed f ew g P yo ert rop ter a an R al z
- 16. Post Load Validation • Check Report retrieves aggregate values Ed f ew g P yo ert rop ter a an R al z
- 17. Pre-Load Validation • Prevent Load/Calculation Errors Ed f ew g P yo ert rop ter a an R al z
- 18. Automation • Email status including error capturing Ed f ew g P yo ert rop ter a an R al z
- 19. Essbase Dogma • I’ve been loading data to Essbase for years. I don’t need FDM. • I can do everything in load rules & al nz MAXL that I can do in FDM. Ra ter • I’ve got EIS / Studio for wa drill e gERPi. through. I don’t need Ed of data volumes • FDM can’t handle the rty pe to Essbase. that are loaded ro P • FDM can’t load to ASO or the Planning repository.
- 20. ERPi In a Nutshell • Enterprise Resource Planning Integrator • “FDM 2.0” - The strategic direction of Oracle al • Enables direct connectivity for many Oracle ERP systems & nz (configuration) SAP (prebuilt) as well as other source systems Ra • Enables drill through to the source data in the source system ter – no data warehouse/staging needed wa ge • Enables metadata to be sourced from the source system to Ed update EPM applicationsf o ywrite back budget data from Planning • Provides the ability rt eto and Essbase toothe General Ledger r p P • Integrated into WorkSpace • The use of ODI supports far larger data volumes • Utilizes JAVA web services
- 21. ERPi Drill – EPM Ed f ew g P yo ert rop ter a an R al z
- 22. ERPi Drill – Source Ed f ew g P yo ert rop ter a an R al z
- 23. ERPi Supported Systems System Version Oracle eBusiness Suite 11.5.10 cu2 12 12.1.3 PeopleSoft Financial Management 9.0 9.1 PeopleSoft Commitment Control 9.1 EPM Version Ed f ew g ter a an R al11.1.1.3+ z 11.1.1.3+ 11.1.2.1+ 11.1.1.3+ 11.1.2.1+ yo ert 9.0 Requires Tools 9.1 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne rop Fusion Financials P 11.1.2.2 SAP R3 4.7 11.1.2.1.501+ SAP ECC 6.0 11.1.2.1.501+ PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 9.0 11.1.2.0+ 11.1.2.2 11.1.2.1.501+
- 24. Essbase Dogma • I’ve been loading data to Essbase for years. I don’t need FDM. • I can do everything in load rules & al nz MAXL that I can do in FDM. Ra er tthrough. I • I’ve got EIS / Studio for drill wa ge don’t need ERPi. Ed ofthe data volumes • FDM can’t handle rty pe to Essbase. that are loaded ro P • FDM can’t load to ASO or the Planning repository.
- 25. FDM Volumes • Myth: FDM can only handle files with <500k records • Truth: FDM can handle millions of al nz records in an individual file if properly Ra ter designed a ew g – Efficient Mapping d fE – Parallel processing yo ert – Creativityop Pr
- 26. Essbase Dogma • I’ve been loading data to Essbase for years. I don’t need FDM. • I can do everything in load rules & al nz MAXL that I can do in FDM. Ra er tthrough. I • I’ve got EIS / Studio for drill wa ge don’t need ERPi. Ed of data volumes • FDM can’t handle the rty pe to Essbase. that are loaded ro P • FDM can’t load to ASO or the Planning repository.
- 27. ASO & Planning Loads • FDM does not natively load Essbase ASO cubes (in replace) or the Planning relational repository al nz • However, FDM can execute batch Ra ter files a ew g – Execute MAXL Ed of – Execute storedyprocedures, SSIS ert packages, etc. p ro P FDM is as powerful as the creativity & ability of the person implementing it
- 28. Use Cases • Stand alone FDM • Stand Alone ERPi • FDM with ERPi Ed f ew g P yo ert rop ter a an R al z
- 29. Stand Alone FDM • Non Oracle GL Systems • Acquisitions • Relational sources Ed f ew g P yo ert rop ter a an R al z
- 30. Stand Alone ERPi • • • • Oracle source systems SAP General Ledger ASO integration Very large data volumes Ed f ew g P yo ert rop ter a an R al z
- 31. FDM with ERPi • Oracle source systems • SAP General Ledger • Complex mapping Ed f ew g P yo ert rop ter a an R al z
- 32. FDM Considerations • Multiple adaptors can be used in a single application • Dimension names must exactly match Essbase al dimension name nz Ra • ESB_PRIV_APPDESIGN or ESB_PRIV_DBDESIGN – ter used to perform a load using wa e replace dg • ESB_PRIV_CALC – used to execute clear & fE aggregation scripts y o ert • If not loading with replace and no need to run an ropspecial roles are needed but string aggregation, no P load must be enabled on the FDM target adaptor • Load rules should be used to manage “global” dimensions
- 33. Futures Discussion • Classic FDM • ERPi/FDMEE Ed f ew g P yo ert rop ter a an R al z
- 34. Ready to Take the Plunge • Oracle Support al • Oracle Technology nz Ra Network (OTN) ter wa • Oracle documentation ge Ed • Edgewater Ranzalof rty • www.FDMGuru.com pe o Pr