If you are using HFM for consolidations, then you already know that it is a powerful and complex tool that can vastly improve the analysis and reporting capabilities in your monthly consolidation process. However, one element of HFM that companies often do not use to its full potential is the intercompany matching and elimination functionality. In many cases, companies simply have not had the opportunity to develop a full understanding of all the intercompany features, and have therefore opted not to use them.
In this webinar, you will learn about the metadata and security features that can enable you to take full advantage of HFM’s intercompany matching and elimination functionality. We will discuss how the intercompany dimension, the value dimension, and the account and entity dimensions interact to perform intercompany matching and eliminations at the appropriate levels within your entity structures. You will learn how to analyze intercompany eliminations using data grids, BI+ Financial Reporting, and system intercompany matching reports.
By fully utilizing HFM’s intercompany features, you will not only make your consolidation process much more efficient, but will also provide valuable, detailed intercompany information to both end-users and management. The availability of that intercompany detail can drive critical management decisions and can greatly increase the value of your HFM applications within your organization.
Finit solutions getting the most out of hfm - web data forms tips and tricksfinitsolutions
One of the great features in HFM is the ability to create web data forms in which users can enter data directly, without the need for account mappings, journals, or Smart View sheets. These web data forms can be designed in ways that provide very tight security and control over the data that users can enter into HFM. At the same time, the web data forms can be formatted to be very user-friendly and intuitive, so that users find the process simple and easy to follow.
On September 15, you will learn about the pros and cons of using HFM web data forms versus other methods of getting data into HFM, such as data loads, journals, Smart View, and data grids. We will talk about the considerations for each method and why web data forms may or may not be the right choice for various types of data. We will also discuss ways in which data entered via web data forms can be ‘protected’ during iterative trial balance data loads, so that the data entered via web data forms is not erased when loading a trial balance data file in ‘Replace’ mode.
During this webinar, you will also learn some of the more advanced design, formatting, and functions for web data forms, including:
SCalcs
Dimension / member overrides
Colors / fonts / general formatting
Dynamic row expansion
Exporting / importing from Excel
Opening web data forms in Smart View
Finit solutions getting the most out of hfm - web data forms tips and tricksfinitsolutions
One of the great features in HFM is the ability to create web data forms in which users can enter data directly, without the need for account mappings, journals, or Smart View sheets. These web data forms can be designed in ways that provide very tight security and control over the data that users can enter into HFM. At the same time, the web data forms can be formatted to be very user-friendly and intuitive, so that users find the process simple and easy to follow.
On September 15, you will learn about the pros and cons of using HFM web data forms versus other methods of getting data into HFM, such as data loads, journals, Smart View, and data grids. We will talk about the considerations for each method and why web data forms may or may not be the right choice for various types of data. We will also discuss ways in which data entered via web data forms can be ‘protected’ during iterative trial balance data loads, so that the data entered via web data forms is not erased when loading a trial balance data file in ‘Replace’ mode.
During this webinar, you will also learn some of the more advanced design, formatting, and functions for web data forms, including:
SCalcs
Dimension / member overrides
Colors / fonts / general formatting
Dynamic row expansion
Exporting / importing from Excel
Opening web data forms in Smart View
Finit - Breaking Through the Cloud Part II: FCCS, Closing in on Full Parity w...finitsolutions
A complete review of FCCS to help you understand current functionality and key product features.
Is your company considering moving its financial reporting from on-premises to the cloud? Have you heard that Financial Close and Consolidation Cloud Services (FCCS) is now closer to achieving full parity with HFM? Join us for Part II of our 3-part series "Breaking Through the Cloud" as we take a look at the most recent releases of FCCS as it closes in to be on equal footing with HFM. Learn the details about FCCS, what this product is capable of and understand the key features and functionality that Oracle has added into FCCS.
Attendees will be provided with insight to assess their options on the close and consolidation front. Part II, Closing in on Full Parity with FCCS will include:
The main features of FCCS
Noteworthy Features and Oracle's release roadmap
A comparison of Features between HFM and FCCS
Additional Features of FCCS that may not be in HFM
Presenter: Geordan Drummond
Date: 03/10/2018
Utilizing HFM to Handle the Requirements of IFRSAlithya
Ranzal Practice Director and Oracle ACE, Peter Fugere guides attendees through best practices on building HFM applications to consider the impact of IFRS. HFM has been used for years to do multi-GAAP reporting, so IFRS is not completely uncharted waters. Many companies in Europe and Canada have already moved, and their experience provides guidance for companies in North America. HFM has specific functionality that makes the IFRS transition easier and for North America, moving now may minimize costs later associated with statutory reporting and historical data collection.
A complete review of the use cases and anatomy of the mysterious yet powerful Dynamic Member Lists and Dynamic "Point of View" Member Lists
Have you ever wished you could collect certain supplemental data (e.g. PP&E rollforward) at the parent entity level (e.g. legal entity, market, geographical region) instead of at each base entity in HFM? Have you ever wished you could run a FR Report for a group of entities such as a region by just specifying the region entity in the user Point of View? Have you ever wished you could pull a list of active entities based on the year or scenario selected?\
Your wishes can come true with the use of Dynamic Member Lists and Dynamic "Point of View" Member Lists with HFM data forms and BI+ FR Reports. Join us in this webinar to take a deep dive into the application and construction of these member lists. Whether you are a business user, a Hyperion system administrator, or a developer, you will be enlightened by the information presented.
Attendees will learn:
The difference between Static, Dynamic Member Lists and Dynamic "Point of View" Member Lists
The use cases for Dynamic Member Lists and Dynamic "Point of View" Member Lists in HFM data forms and BI+ FR reports
The construction of the data forms and reports leveraging Dynamic Member Lists and Dynamic "Point of View" Member Lists
Presenter: Mary Chan & Grace Xu
Date: 04/27/2018
Finit solutions - Automating Data Loads with FDMEEfinitsolutions
Perhaps you are currently running batch processes in FDM and want to understand how you will replicate the setup in FDMEE in the future. Then again, you may have already implemented FDMEE and are up and running with standard data loads but you are looking to enhance your processes through automation. Either way, this webinar will have something for you! We will answer questions such as:
Where do I start? If there is no Workbench with FDMEE, how do I get to "Tools->Batch Processing"?
What is a batch definition?
If I currently have some custom scripting around my standard batch, how can I handle this in FDMEE?
What are my options for working with multiple batches?
Without Task Manager, how do I schedule batches in FDMEE?
Presenter: Deborah Newborn
In this tutorial we are providing a step by step guide on how to create a Oracle Hyperion Planning data forms (both simple and composite).
This guide is presented to you by epmvirtual.com
Where Did That Come From? Techniques for Debugging HFMfinitsolutions
Fellow HFM administrators, power users, and anyone else who has had to fix an HFM rule: have you ever wished you could see, understand, and fix what is going on? Have you ever asked yourself:
Where did that error come from?
Why is this number multiplied 12 times?
Is the override number coming from Sub Calculate or Sub Translate?
Does this condition even do anything?
This calculation is incorrectly running on Revenue accounts.
The calculation is correct but I'm not getting any results...
Oracle Ace Chris Barbieri shares multiple techniques for setting up classic vbscript rules to capture debugging information and how to correct these common problems.
Presenter: Chris Barbieri
Finit - Breaking Through the Cloud Part II: FCCS, Closing in on Full Parity w...finitsolutions
A complete review of FCCS to help you understand current functionality and key product features.
Is your company considering moving its financial reporting from on-premises to the cloud? Have you heard that Financial Close and Consolidation Cloud Services (FCCS) is now closer to achieving full parity with HFM? Join us for Part II of our 3-part series "Breaking Through the Cloud" as we take a look at the most recent releases of FCCS as it closes in to be on equal footing with HFM. Learn the details about FCCS, what this product is capable of and understand the key features and functionality that Oracle has added into FCCS.
Attendees will be provided with insight to assess their options on the close and consolidation front. Part II, Closing in on Full Parity with FCCS will include:
The main features of FCCS
Noteworthy Features and Oracle's release roadmap
A comparison of Features between HFM and FCCS
Additional Features of FCCS that may not be in HFM
Presenter: Geordan Drummond
Date: 03/10/2018
Utilizing HFM to Handle the Requirements of IFRSAlithya
Ranzal Practice Director and Oracle ACE, Peter Fugere guides attendees through best practices on building HFM applications to consider the impact of IFRS. HFM has been used for years to do multi-GAAP reporting, so IFRS is not completely uncharted waters. Many companies in Europe and Canada have already moved, and their experience provides guidance for companies in North America. HFM has specific functionality that makes the IFRS transition easier and for North America, moving now may minimize costs later associated with statutory reporting and historical data collection.
A complete review of the use cases and anatomy of the mysterious yet powerful Dynamic Member Lists and Dynamic "Point of View" Member Lists
Have you ever wished you could collect certain supplemental data (e.g. PP&E rollforward) at the parent entity level (e.g. legal entity, market, geographical region) instead of at each base entity in HFM? Have you ever wished you could run a FR Report for a group of entities such as a region by just specifying the region entity in the user Point of View? Have you ever wished you could pull a list of active entities based on the year or scenario selected?\
Your wishes can come true with the use of Dynamic Member Lists and Dynamic "Point of View" Member Lists with HFM data forms and BI+ FR Reports. Join us in this webinar to take a deep dive into the application and construction of these member lists. Whether you are a business user, a Hyperion system administrator, or a developer, you will be enlightened by the information presented.
Attendees will learn:
The difference between Static, Dynamic Member Lists and Dynamic "Point of View" Member Lists
The use cases for Dynamic Member Lists and Dynamic "Point of View" Member Lists in HFM data forms and BI+ FR reports
The construction of the data forms and reports leveraging Dynamic Member Lists and Dynamic "Point of View" Member Lists
Presenter: Mary Chan & Grace Xu
Date: 04/27/2018
Finit solutions - Automating Data Loads with FDMEEfinitsolutions
Perhaps you are currently running batch processes in FDM and want to understand how you will replicate the setup in FDMEE in the future. Then again, you may have already implemented FDMEE and are up and running with standard data loads but you are looking to enhance your processes through automation. Either way, this webinar will have something for you! We will answer questions such as:
Where do I start? If there is no Workbench with FDMEE, how do I get to "Tools->Batch Processing"?
What is a batch definition?
If I currently have some custom scripting around my standard batch, how can I handle this in FDMEE?
What are my options for working with multiple batches?
Without Task Manager, how do I schedule batches in FDMEE?
Presenter: Deborah Newborn
In this tutorial we are providing a step by step guide on how to create a Oracle Hyperion Planning data forms (both simple and composite).
This guide is presented to you by epmvirtual.com
Where Did That Come From? Techniques for Debugging HFMfinitsolutions
Fellow HFM administrators, power users, and anyone else who has had to fix an HFM rule: have you ever wished you could see, understand, and fix what is going on? Have you ever asked yourself:
Where did that error come from?
Why is this number multiplied 12 times?
Is the override number coming from Sub Calculate or Sub Translate?
Does this condition even do anything?
This calculation is incorrectly running on Revenue accounts.
The calculation is correct but I'm not getting any results...
Oracle Ace Chris Barbieri shares multiple techniques for setting up classic vbscript rules to capture debugging information and how to correct these common problems.
Presenter: Chris Barbieri
Discover How InterCompany Solution Enables Financial Data Consolidation, Inter Divisional Transactions, Sharing of Data & provides Business Insight for SAP Business One.
Growing organizations that control more than one legal business entity are sometimes faced with the challenge of how to share data between partner companies. The need for homogeneous and harmonized standardized processes that can create visibility across partner companies and operations is often a daunting task for companies. A greater concern is the need to improve control and collaboration across all partner companies. InterCompany helps address these needs and more.
The solution uses B1i technology which is the integration platform from SAP for the small and growing enterprises with SAP Business One as the enterprise system.
InterCompany's design allows it to be seamlessly deployed across multiple instances of SAP Business One which are geographically dispersed.
Oracle EBS ERP user group presentation. Originally presented in April 2007 at the COLLABORATE 07 conference in Las Vegas. Addresses EBS 11i but relevant to R12!
Downloading Youtube Videos for Use in Your PresentationAl Bonner
NEW!!!! Have you ever wanted to use a YouTube video in your PowerPoint or Keynote presentation, but couldn’t figure out how to download it to your computer? There’s an easier way that allows you to seamlessly download a copy of the video and then embed it right into your slide. This presentation has been updated with new tools.
Overcoming the Top 7 Intercompany Accounting Challenges in SAP ERP FinancialsSAPinsider Events
View this session from Financials 2015 in Las Vegas. Coming to Europe! www.Financials2015.com
Overcoming the Top 7 Intercompany Accounting Challenges in SAP ERP Financials by David Cohen, EY
This session will outline and provide resolutions for the seven most common intercompany accounting challenges that companies face within the areas of sale of products, charge of services, AP/AR reconciliation, profit elimination, assets transactions, and month-end closings. By attending you will receive:
- Practical examples on the most effective ways to use standard functionality of SAP ERP, SAP BusinessObjects BI, and SAP HANA to alleviate these issues
- Examples of overcoming difficulties in implementing asset transactions across borders, such as purchase and leasing
- Alternatives to performing inter-company profit elimination
- Lessons for configuring and running your month-end close
FDM is a great solution to help you standardize your processes and ensure the quality of your data. Users of FDM may or may not realize that there are a number of FDM application settings that allow you to control how FDM interacts with your target data systems. In this webinar, you will learn how to change those settings and get more out of FDM.
In this webinar, we will:
Review the basic application and configuration settings in FDM.
Show you how to change the user settings and web settings in FDM to modify FDM's appearance for the end user.
Demonstrate how to change the wording on various FDM menus.
Review the application settings that are specific to different Oracle Hyperion products, including Hyperion Enterprise and HFM.
Show the latest application settings that are available in FDM 11.1.1.2.
Finit solutions getting the most out of epm - financial close and disclosur...finitsolutions
Enterprise Performance Management covers the entire spectrum of the closing process, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis. Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management is a centralized, web-based management tool that is a member of Oracle’s Enterprise Performance Management Financial Close Solutions. Currently, Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management includes two modules: Close Manager and Account Reconciliation Manager. The Close Manager module centralizes tasks and activities related to the entire financial close cycle. The Account Reconciliation Manager module focuses on enhancing the General Ledger Account Reconciliation process and is newly released in the 11.1.2.2 version.
In this webinar we will introduce the modules by exploring the following topics:
What is FCM (Financial Close Manager) and ARM (Account Reconciliation Manager)?
What are the benefits to using FCM and/or ARM?
How do you use FCM?
How do you create and assign tasks in FCM?
How do you view Task status in FCM?
How do you use ARM?
Overview of General Ledger Account Reconciliations
How do you create Account Reconciliation Profiles in ARM?
How do you load GL data into ARM?
How do you view Account Reconciliation status in ARM?
Finit solutions getting the most out of integrationfinitsolutions
Oracle provides a range of tools for integration activities that cover everything from financial data movement and data quality to metadata management and loading. The thoroughness and flexibility of Oracle’s integration product suite provide customers with a wide range of choices to consider. However, the volume of tools available can make it difficult to determine which ones best fit your organization’s specific requirements.
On January 20, Finit will host a webinar in which you will learn about the differences and business use cases for the following Oracle integration products:
Financial Data Quality Management (FDM)
Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
Data Integration Management (DIM)
Data Relationship Management (DRM)
Hyperion Application Link (HAL) *Sustaining Support for the last releases ends in June 2010
Enterprise Performance Management Architect (EPMA)
ERP Integrator (ERPi)
‘Classic’ Metadata Management Tools
We will provide examples of typical integration requirements and will discuss the considerations that your company should weigh when selecting from among these integration tools.
Finit solutions whats on your mind october 2011finitsolutions
This month we’ve decided to mix it up a little. We spent the hour responding to questions you submitted on the following topics:
HFM / Planning
HFM Eliminations
Cash Flow
USD Overrides
CTA (Currency Translation Adjustments)
Dynamic Accounts
Application Size
Extended Analytics
SmartView
Timeout
Logging Off Users
Entity Hierarchies
HFM / Planning Eliminations
Logs
FDM
Log Files - HFM / FDM
Location Folders
Table Editor
Finit solutions getting the most out of fdm - fdm reports webinarfinitsolutions
FDM is a great solution to help you standardize your processes and ensure the quality of your data is sufficient. Everyone who works with this product also knows that it comes with a useful set of reports to help you gain further insight into the data that you've collect. Not everyone knows how to make the most out of these reports, so this webinar helps you to do just that.
In this webinar we review all of the reports in the standard FDM set of reports that is shipped with the product. We then show how to make modifications to these standard reports and how to move reports between folders. Changing security access to individual reports as well as folders of reports is covered next. Lastly we who some of the customized reports that FDM have had tailored to meet their specific FDM reporting requirements.
New Power Duos: CPO/CIO and CFO/CIO: Getting Procurement, Finance, and IT on ...SAP Ariba
In many organizations, procurement and finance are working together to build a joint business case for source-to-pay. Yet they often aren’t making enough out of joining forces with IT. Attend this session to see how CPOs, CFOs, and CIOs can team up to collaborate and leverage synergies for sustained business success – streamlining the source-to-pay process, simplifying connectivity in their supply chain, and driving innovation in their ecosystem.
Finit solutions getting the most out of enterprise - 6.5.1 and the extracti...finitsolutions
Hyperion Enterprise is widely and successfully used by many companies for consolidations, reporting, and analysis. Oracle continues to support Hyperion Enterprise and to enhance its features and functionality with each new release. At the same time, Oracle has also created a utility that may help companies accelerate a conversion from Hyperion Enterprise to Hyperion Financial Management (HFM).
You will learn about the new Extraction Utility in Hyperion Enterprise. This utility enables you to extract your Hyperion Enterprise metadata, lists, journals, data, and logic in formats that are compatible with other consolidation products, such as HFM. Although the Extraction Utility is not intended to be a turn-key solution for upgrading from Hyperion Enterprise to HFM, it may provide a ‘starting point’ for some companies as they begin their conversions.
In addition to the Extraction Utility, you will also learn about other new features and functionality in Hyperion Enterprise 6.5.1, including data drill-back to FDM, enhancements to the backup/restore utility, and sort/search features in Hyperion Enterprise Reporting.
Cognition24 and financial force a winning partnershipVicky Bradford
Cognition24 are delighted to announce their strategic partnership with FinancialForce. Built on the Salesforce Platform, FinancialForce automatically gives you and your team a complete, customer-centric view of your business. Financial Force aligns your sales, services, and finance teams around a single customer record.
Cash Flow Series, Part 2: How to make HFM do the dirty workfinitsolutions
Cash Flow in HFM by itself is complicated - and adding in the topics of CTA and non-cash items can begin to make even the most seasoned HFM veterans' heads spin. Join us for part 2 of our 2-part cash flow series to see some different approaches to tackling these complex issues and find out how to make HFM do the dirty work for you.
In this session you will learn:
How to identify some of the most overlooked items when designing an automated cash flow solution in HFM
What Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA) is, how CTA, works and how this affects your cash flow solution
What non-cash items you will need to consider when designing your cash flow solution
Examples of how CTA and non-cash items can be addressed and solved, including explanations of the metadata and rules setup
Presenter: Matt Spencer
Date: 08/24/2018
Cash Flow Series, Part I: 2-dimensional vs 3-dimensionalfinitsolutions
Join us for part I of our two-part webinar series on cash flow topics We will explore various approaches to everyone's favorite financial report: the cash flow statement. Learn the difference between the 2-dimensional (using 2 HFM dimensions) and 3-dimensional (using 3 HFM dimensions for additional detail) approaches. We will review different ways to tackle each approach and help you decide which one may be a better fit for your business. A brief overview of the Statement of Cash Flows will be provided - no CPA certification required!
In this session you will learn how to:
Better define and understand detailed aspects of the cash flow statement
Differentiate 2-dimensional cash flow vs. 3-dimensional cash flow
Identify how the approaches, input, and outputs differ between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional cash flow
Understand and set up 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional cash flow in your HFM application
Presenter: Matt Spencer
Date: 08/17/2018
Lumberjack: Finit's Oracle EPM - Hyperion System Monitoring Toolfinitsolutions
Actionable insight on how your Oracle EPM system is performing and how to fix it
As we all know, the back-end of our Oracle EPM systems have become more and more complex. Not only does it take longer to install, but it requires both Hyperion experience and IT involvement to properly monitor and support the environment. Finit's Infrastructure Group has been involved with some of the most complex Oracle EPM environments in the United States. As a result, we have developed our own in-house tools to assist clients with Performance Monitoring, System Tracking, System Logging, Crash Analysis, and Infrastructure Best Practices. Finit has refined these tools and has incorporated them into a packaged solution called Lumberjack.
Please join us on Friday July 20th to learn about Lumberjack. Frank Zidar, head of Finit Infrastructure, will be your host. In this webinar we will provide an overview of Lumberjack and discuss how several clients are leveraging the tool to monitor their Oracle EPM environment's efficiency / performance and triage degradation in performance, systems errors, and alerts. As a result of the use of Lumberjack, many organizations have gained better insight into how to keep their EPM environments healthy and keep end users happy!
Presenter: Frank Zidar
Date: 07/13/2018
Finit - Creative Solutions for FX Analysis in HFM finitsolutions
Finit is honored to host this upcoming joint webinar with our client, YUM! Brands, Inc. Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over 44,000 restaurants in more than 135 countries and territories, Yum! Brands was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and among the top 100 Best Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. The company's restaurant brands - KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell - are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican style food categories. Worldwide, the Yum! Brands system opens over six new restaurants per day on average, making it a leader in global retail development. Jill Baker from Yum! Brands and Mary Chan from Finit will be presenting Creative Solutions for FX Analysis in HFM.
For companies that have local, functional currencies different from the corporate reporting currency FX impact analysis or Constant Rate Analysis may be a simple translation. But many companies today have more complex needs when it comes to FX Analysis. What if your entities submit financial data in the company's reporting currency but operate in a different local currency? For example, an entity in the Czech Republic may have a functional currency in EUR even though the local currency is in CZK. How do you perform FX impact analysis or Constant Rate Analysis for this entity easily in HFM? Yum! Brands has tackled the solution for this in various ways, from the mundane manual calculation in Excel to two different automated creative ways in HFM. In this webinar we will share with you the creative solutions our team and the Yum! Brands team collaborated on to automate translations in HFM.
The webinar will include:
Specific Business Requirements
Application Design Considerations
Setting up the HFM metadata and rules to solve the problem
Execution and end user experience and benefits
Pros and cons of the different options
Presenter: Mary Chan & Jill Baker (Yum! Brands)
Date: 02/23/2018
Finit - Breaking Through the Cloud: An Overview of Oracle EPM Cloudfinitsolutions
A complete review to help you understand the range of EPM cloud solutions provided by Oracle
Oracle has been rapidly building up its offerings in the cloud over the past few years and Finit is excited to present a 3-part series this quarter entitled: "Breaking Through the Cloud". Included in our 3-part series will first be an overview of the Oracle EPM cloud products followed by an in-depth investigation of Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS), and then wrapping up with Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS).
Oracle now has a cloud equivalent for all of the on-premises EPM products and many of them continue to mature in terms of features and functionality. Through a hands-on approach we have gathered information on the range of solutions. Part I, an Overview of Oracle EPM cloud, will include:
An overview of Oracle's cloud platform
A survey of the EPM cloud products
How do the solutions work together
Who Should Attend
Finance and accounting leaders within your organization looking to enhance knowledge of the current EPM offerings.
System Administrators and technical support personnel eager to understand the Oracle Cloud and how it affects them.
Presenter: Geordan Drummond
Date: 02/09/2018
The Support Policies and Technological Details you need to make informed decisions
As you are probably aware, it has been challenging to understand and navigate On-Premise Oracle Support Policies and Third-Party Compatibility (Excel, Windows, SQL, IE, etc.). Fortunately, we are here to help as it impacts all of us in the Oracle-Hyperion world in terms of planning for future projects, and deciding when (or if) to upgrade. At Finit, we have worked through various scenarios for our clients after distilling all this information from Oracle. We have condensed this down into a 30-45 minute presentation which will review how the Oracle EPM Roadmap affects you along with the various options available.
Topics:
The 'State of EPM' and a review of Oracle EPM versioning and support dates.
End of Premier Support for 11.1.2.3, March 2018, what does this mean?
What are your options? What are your peers planning moving forward? What should your organization be thinking through?
Who Should Attend:
We will cover a range of topics geared toward the state of EPM, Premier Support and options moving forward. Attendees should include:
Finance/Accounting Leaders within your organization looking to enhance knowledge within their EPM systems and the current EPM roadmap.
System Administrators and technical support personnel eager to understand the Oracle Roadmap and how it affects them.
Before hybrid mode capabilities were available, multiple cube solutions that blended the power of block storage (BSO) and aggregate storage (ASO) cubes were often used to provide the most efficient Essbase solution. These solutions allowed developers to utilize the robust calculation capabilities of BSO along with the rapid aggregation capabilities of ASO. With the availability of hybrid storage mode, these multiple cube solutions can now be simplified into a single hybrid cube.
In this webinar, Dennis Hogan will present:
A case study to:
Determine the impact of using hybrid storage and how it addressed key concerns of a 2 cube solution
Determine how the hybrid approach will optimize performance
The process of converting one multi-cube solution into a single hybrid cube
The good, the bad, and the ugly of the hybrid cube conversion process
The feasibility of a hybrid cube solution - Is it for you?
Presenter: Dennis Hogan
Date: 05/19/2017
Finit Hyperion Planning & PBCS Simplified User Interfacefinitsolutions
Learn how to implement Hyperion Planning's Simplified Interface. Enhance and simplify the user experience with demonstrations of customization techniques and tips for guiding the user through the planning process. See examples of existing applications that were converted from the classic interface to the simplified interface. Leave this webinar knowing how to implement the simplified interface.
Webinar Agenda
Simplified Interface: What is it?
Simplified Interface vs. Workspace
On premise vs PBCS
Tablet / Mobile Access
Customization
Design Considerations: Features not in Workspace
Demonstration
Finit how to let go - enterprise archive appsfinitsolutions
Hyperion Enterprise was a great finance tool that revolutionized corporate consolidations and reporting. For some, Enterprise was so great that it's still very hard to let it go!
You may have converted from Enterprise to HFM or OneStream years ago, but you still have 5 or 10 years of historical data in your current system. A few times a year, your CFO or Tax Department asks a question that you can only answer by jumping back into Hyperion Enterprise.
At the same time, you're getting pressure from IT to shut the Enterprise servers down. The risks and costs associated with maintaining 6 year-old unsupported software continue to grow, your budget is slim to none and the timeline for the project is week or two.
What's an Admin to do?
Webinar Topics:
Archiving Enterprise applications in HFM or OneStream
The Flat App Conversion timeline (this can be converted quickly)
How an Enterprise-to-HFM or Enterprise-to-OneStream Flat App conversion can be completed without a full-scale implementation at very low cost
How an Enterprise Archive brings all the data you need from Enterprise
How to replicate the relative simplicity of Enterprise in a 'flat' application
How to design an application to replace the different ways you're still using Enterprise today
How to avoid recalculating, re-translating and re-consolidating data in HFM or OS to match Enterprise logic
How to migrate and reconcile historical data quickly
Finit formula and business rule efficiency in one streamfinitsolutions
OneStream is an extremely flexible platform and has really been making a name for itself in the CPM (Corporate Performance Management) market. In addition to everything that the software can do out-of-the-box, at Finit we can customize your application to meet a wide range of complex business requirements. The limits of OneStream's flexibility is based more on the boundaries of consultants' / administrators' imagination and rule building abilities than any real constraints which exist within OneStream itself. Inside OneStream XF there are a variety of modules where rules/calculations can reside and there is ample opportunity for configurations to extend your system's functionality. Types of rules which exist are:
Member Formulas
Business Rules
Transformation Rules
Confirmation Rules
Join us for an explanation of the fundamental principles around creating efficient process and business rules and scripts within OneStream as we focus on:
Minimizing processing time
Decreasing manual application maintenance
Data storage
Script development
Additionally, we will explain Data Buffers / Eval Buffers, and then introduce some of the new functionality that has been developed for the 3.7 release of OneStream XF.
Finit creative solutions for cash flow fx analysis through dashboardingfinitsolutions
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Continuing in our webinar series Finit is proud to present and demo some of the top solutions in Onestream. Join us Friday Aug 19th to learn about our custom developed 3-Dimensional View (aka Audit View) of Cash View
Hear OneStream implementation lead Christine Ong-Estrada review the metadata structure necessary for the 3D View
Advantages of using this method of Cash Flow Reporting and
The use of Dashboards utilized around Cash Flow to guide users through the generation of the Cash Flow Report
In Part II of the presentation, we will detail and demo Application Dashboards that allow you to generate Automated and Dynamic FX Analysis
We will discuss the different reports available
Running a Calculation to save parameters and
Running a Consolidation to calculate the FX Analysis
Lastly, we will focus directly on Dashboards inside of OneStream:
The Actors Workspace - which allows you to set up different sets of Dashboards based on Role (i.e. Accountant, Controller, CFO, etc.)
Guided Reporting
Visual aids - charts, pies, and bars
And much much more...
Finit one small step - tips and tricks for transitioning from fdm to fdmeefinitsolutions
Are you considering making the leap from FDM Classic to FDMEE? Have you already committed to FDMEE and want a better idea of what's in store? Join us as we travel through the transition process and learn what steps are involved in the transition from FDM to FDMEE including:
An overview of the FDM to FDMEE Oracle Migration Utility
What types of access will be required to different data sources to perform the migration
Updates to your existing FDM application to make the transition smoother
Items to address in your newly created FDMEE application
We will also discuss some of the subtle differences between the versions including (but not limited to):
Scripting
Case sensitivity
Multidimensional mapping
Security
Determining the chart of accounts is a pivotal step in the development of any EPM solution, regardless of the product that is being implemented. Finit will be hosting a webinar to discuss various topics that should be considered when deciding on a chart of accounts. With a focus on users in both Finance and IT organizations, this webinar will be useful for anyone preparing to implement a new EPM solution, or redesign an existing application. Join us as we discuss and provide examples of:
The importance of the chart of accounts and application dependencies
Matching a chart of accounts to the application's purpose and usage
The benefits and trade-offs of:
Level of detail included in the chart of accounts
Naming conventions
Design - Functional, Natural, or Hybrid?
Downstream impacts on other aspects of the reporting process:
Data Integration
Cash Flow
Other specialized reporting
Finit - What's Trending: Topics on the Cloud and Infrastructurefinitsolutions
As you are likely aware, we are in a period of tremendous IT-related change in the EPM / CPM solution space. With the acceptance of virtualization to the rise of cloud computing, more options and decisions currently exist that impact how the CFO organization deploys and uses their EPM / CPM solutions. Finit will be conducting an IT-focused webinar geared to business users that will explain the options and decisions that exist for the CFO organization. In this webinar, we will discuss the key IT trends business users should be aware of and how Finit's two software partners, OneStream and Oracle Hyperion, are addressing these trends.
During this webinar, we will review the following:
Cloud computing and key topics
The different types of cloud computing service models
The different types of deployments
How the EPM / CPM software vendors are addressing solutions for the cloud
Overall infrastructure and platform key topics
Virtualization
Key drivers of performance
Backup and recovery approaches
Testing Strategies
Testing approaches during and after implementations
Deployment use case examples
Since its introduction in version 11.1.1.x Oracle Hyperion Profitability Cost Management (HPCM) has allowed companies to gain a deeper level insight into their business performance than ever before. Join us to hear how clients currently tackle profitability questions and how HPCM will help clients provide actionable insights into cost and profitability. We will discuss standard HPCM model functionality, discuss how HPCM drives organizational performance by discovering drivers of cost and profitability, and discuss how you can empower your users with visibility and flexibility to improve resource alignment.
During this webinar we will review the following:
What Profitability means
How clients today answer profitability questions
HPCM models (three models)
Use Cases - How Companies are using HPCM
How HPCM fits into the EPM product suite
Look into HPCM standard model build details
Quick Demo of HPCM model
Features that are available inside the HPCM model
More and more clients are continuing to expand their OneStream investment by radically changing the way they collect information. Given the many ways it's possible to store comments, supporting detail, attachments, etc. OneStream continues to allow users to centralize and streamline their entire close process.
As a continuation of the previous "What's Possible" webinar, we explore the possibilities for collecting "non-numeric" financial data. Find out how companies are using OneStream to efficiently collect and report on:
Supporting Detail - I see a number in OneStream, but what's the detail behind it?
Adjustment Commentary - I want to know who's making an adjustment, when they made it and why?
Supporting Documentation - Where can we store attachments and supporting files that are required for compliance?
User Sign Offs and Questionnaires - Where can we ask questions and collect responses that are required for compliance?
Variance Commentary - why is a number up or down over time or compared to budget?
Bridge Analysis - what's driving the change versus a prior period or versus budget?
Other Miscellaneous Non-Numeric Data Collection Options
Are you an FP&A Business User that is looking to improve your Planning Process by implementing purpose built software? Get a glimpse inside the decision making process while preparing for a Hyperion Planning or PBCS implementation. Join Bryan Hogan as he addresses all your Planning questions.
What are the different Plan & Forecast types and what are the benefits of each?
What do all the different Planning Buzzwords / Terms really mean for my company (for example, Driver Based Planning, Rolling Forecast, Bottoms-up Forecast, etc.)?
What different planning methodologies can be used to develop a forecast?
How low should I go? What level of planning makes sense to provide an effective management tool to help guide the business and make proactive business decisions?
What pain points am I likely to face as a planner but also as a business owner involved in the planning process?
Are there benefits to using a flexible Excel model versus a centralized planning solution
Presenter: Bryan Hogan
In today's fast-paced world companies need to be able to respond rapidly to market, economic, and environmental changes. Using a Driver Based Forecasting model enables companies to adjust forecasts quickly and easily to provide more accurate strategic plans. Join Carla Cwiertnia from Finit's Hyperion Planning team as she discusses the benefits of Driver Based Forecasting.
During this webinar we will review:
What is a Driver?
How do we use Drivers?
What exactly is Driver Based Forecasting?
What are the benefits of Driver Based Forecasting for a company?
Will using Drivers make financial forecasting more accurate?
We will also go over key steps in creating a Driver Based forecast such as:
Identifying key metrics that drive Revenue and Costs
Creating metrics to plan for overhead (IT, Finance, HR, etc.)
Applying rates and caps to more accurately predict headcount related expenses
Implementing brackets to determine which rates to apply to certain measures
Standardizing the forecast process
Driver Based Forecasting Brochure
Presenter: Carla Cwiertnia
Date: 02/12/2016
Catagory: Hyperion Planning, Essbase
Finit - what would happen greatest hits and disasters finitsolutions
Ever wonder what would happen if you changed the currency on an entity? Or switched an account to be IsCalculated? Or renamed an account? Have you made metadata changes and loaded the file without the check integrity flag? Oracle ACE Chris Barbieri revisits these and other HFM topics, taking a Mythbusters approach by:
Defining the myths
Setting up the tests
Explaining what happens "under the hood" so you can more deeply understand What would happen if I did... in HFM
Presenter: Chris Barbieri
Date: 02/19/2016
Catagory: Financial Management (HFM)
Finit solutions - The Benefits of a Rolling Forecastfinitsolutions
In today's highly competitive economic environment, successful companies must rapidly adapt to fluctuations in operational and economic strategies. Having a rolling forecast allows companies to:
Anticipate change and promptly respond to immediate needs
Proactively address long term financial consequences to the business that are not realized through traditional annual forecasting and planning methods.
Extend forecasting cycles further out
Standardize the forecast process
Create forecasts rapidly
Emphasize key drivers
Join Bryan Hogan and Justin Cooper both from Finit's Hyperion Planning team as they discuss the functional benefits of Rolling Forecasts:
What are the key areas of focus for a Rolling Forecast?
How can a Rolling Forecast benefit my company, my division, my Cost Center?
Will a Rolling Forecast create more work for my analysts? Or will it actually reduce work over time?
Why are many companies using rolling forecasts now? And....
How to implement a Rolling Forecast in Hyperion Planning "out of the box" or by utilizing a more customized solution.
Presenter: Bryan Hogan & Justin Cooper
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
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Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
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Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
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Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
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State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 preview
Finit solutions getting the most out of hfm - intercompany matching and eliminations webinar
1. The Finit Solutions Series
Getting the Most out of HFM:
Intercompany Matching andIntercompany Matching and
Eliminations
September 16 2009September 16, 2009
Presented by Angie Apple
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Finit Introduction The Finit Solutions Series
Finit Solutions specializes in consulting services in the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise
Performance Management Solutions suite of products:
Financial Consolidation and Reporting
– Financial Management (HFM)
– Hyperion EnterpriseHyperion Enterprise
– BI+ Reporting Tools
Data Integration
– Financial Data Quality Management (FDM)
– Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
– Data Integration Management (DIM)
Planning and Business Intelligence
– Planning
– Essbase
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Finit’s HFM Expertise The Finit Solutions Series
• Finit provides a unique combination of advanced HFM product expertise and solid
accounting backgrounds . Our HFM‐certified consultants come from audit, finance,
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and accounting, and most of our consultants are CPAs and/or MBAs.
• We design and implement HFM applications, upgrades, redesigns, and
conversions from Hyperion Enterprise for middle market companies to some of the
l i h F 500largest companies on the Fortune 500.
• In addition to intercompany issues, we also design solutions around complex
foreign currency analysis (including constant‐rate reporting), phased financial close
l d t ti IFRS d US GAAP dj t t d t il d h flcalendars, tax reporting, IFRS and US GAAP adjustments, detailed cash flow
analysis, and various other advanced accounting requirements.
• Finit is a member of the Oracle HFM Customer Advisory Board. In this role, we
k di tl ith d t d l t d lit i i t t ddwork directly with product development and quality engineering teams to address
future enhancements to HFM.
• Rob Cybulski, co‐founder of Finit, is the HFM domain lead for the Oracle
A li ti U G ’ S i l I t t G
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Applications User Group’s Special Interest Group.
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Finit’s Client Service The Finit Solutions Series
W t k li t i i lWe take client service very seriously.
Our methodology of efficiently developing effective
solutions and exceeding expectations on every
project has resulted in a 100% client satisfaction rate
at more than 100 clients.
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Some Finit Clients The Finit Solutions Series
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About the Presenter The Finit Solutions Series
Angie Apple
aapple@finitsolutions.com
• One of Finit’s 2 founding
partnerspartners
• HFM Certified Consultant
• Has been designing and
i l ti H iimplementing Hyperion
tools for over 10 years
• Specializes in conversions
f H i E ifrom Hyperion Enterprise
to HFM
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Learning about intercompany
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How to Ask a Question The Finit Solutions Series
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Purpose of this Session The Finit Solutions Series
• To explain and demonstrate how metadata settings in the Account
and Entity dimensions affect Intercompany Matching & Elimination
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• To explain and demonstrate how the Account, Entity, ICP, and Value
dimensions work together to perform intercompany eliminations
• To show examples of intercompany eliminations, including matches
and mismatches in both local and translated currencies
• To demonstrate options for setting up the system‐generatedTo demonstrate options for setting up the system generated
Intercompany Matching reports
• To provide best practices for designing a dynamic consolidating
report (with intercompany eliminations) in BI+ Financial Reporting
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10. The Finit Solutions Series
Intercompany Basics
(for the non‐accountants)(for the non accountants)
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Intercompany Basics The Finit Solutions Series
• Subsidiary companies (or departments, or segments, etc)
frequently have intercompany transactions with each other, which
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results in intercompany balances on each subsidiary’s books at the
end of the month.
• These intercompany balances must be ‘eliminated’ within the
consolidation, so that the consolidated company does not include , p y
any balances that are the result of intercompany transactions.
• If this rule did not exist, there would be enormous opportunity for
companies to overstate their revenues by simply selling back and
forth among subsidiary companies.
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Intercompany Basics The Finit Solutions Series
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United States
SalesInterco : 0
PurchasesInterco : 0
West Region
SalesInterco : 1500
PurchasesInterco : 0
East Region
SalesInterco : 0
PurchasesInterco : 1500
Los Angeles
SalesInterco: 1500
Denver
SalesInterco : 0
Philadelphia New York
PurchasesInterco: 0 PurchasesInterco : 1500
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Intercompany Metadata
SettingsSettings
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Entities The Finit Solutions Series
• Flagging the IsICP attribute adds the entity to the list of
Intercompany Partners in the ICP dimension. This means that p y
other entities can book intercompany balances with this flagged
entity.
• An entity that does not have IsICP flagged can book intercompany
balances with other ‘IsICP’ entities; however, no entities would be
able to book intercompany balances with the ‘non IsICP’ entityable to book intercompany balances with the non‐IsICP entity.
• It is generally not advisable to flag a parent entity as IsICP, because
if th t t tit d t i t i ll tit ll th thif that parent entity does not exist in all entity roll‐ups, then the
elimination will not occur. For example, the parent entity ‘East’
might exist in your Region roll‐up but not in your Segment roll‐up.
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Accounts The Finit Solutions Series
There are 3 account member attributes for setting up an
intercompany account:
• IsICP – To flag the account as an intercompany account.
−Y if ICP balances, including self‐ICP balances, are allowed for the
account (not recommended)account (not recommended)
−R if ICP balances are allowed for the account, but entities cannot
have ICP balances with themselves in this account
N if ICP b l t ll d f th t−N if ICP balances are not allowed for the account
• ICPTopMember ‐ Specifies which top member in the hierarchy of
the ICP dimension is valid for the account
• PlugAcct ‐ Must be the name of a valid account or blank. Used
when IsICP is Y or R. If blank, no elimination occurs.
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Plug Accounts The Finit Solutions Series
• The plug account takes the offset of the intercompany elimination.
When multiple intercompany accounts have the same plug account,
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this generates an intercompany match.
• If the group of intercompany accounts does have matching
balances, then the plug account will be zero at the consolidated , p g
entity. If the group of intercompany accounts does not have
matching balances, then there will be a leftover balance in the plug
account at the consolidated entity.
• The plug account should be flagged as an IsICP account so that you
can see the detail of each entity eliminating into the plug account.
• You should not assign a plug account to another plug account.
• If no plug account is assigned to an intercompany account, no
elimination will occur
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elimination will occur.
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Accounts The Finit Solutions Series
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PlugAcct is the common member that ties the accounts together e.g., IntercoDiffPL
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Examples The Finit Solutions Series
• Example 1: Simple IC match (Philadelphia, New York)
• Example 2: Simple IC mismatch (Philadelphia New York)
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Example 2: Simple IC mismatch (Philadelphia, New York)
• Example 3: No plug account assigned (LT Rec / Pay)
• Example 4: Simple IC match at Region level (Philadelphia Denver)Example 4: Simple IC match at Region level (Philadelphia, Denver)
• Example 5: Simple IC match with translation
• Example 6: Simple IC mismatch with translationExample 6: Simple IC mismatch with translation
• Example 7: Base entity does not exist in all orgs
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Intercompany Matching Reports
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IC Matching Reports The Finit Solutions Series
• HFM’s intercompany matching reports are system generated and
require very little set‐up
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• The matching reports can only be accessed via the workspace; they
cannot be used from the HFM client or from BI+ Financial Reporting
S f th ti f tti i t t hi t• Some of the options for setting up intercompany matching reports
include:
– Specifying the exact entities you wish to match (e.g. Philadelphia against New
York)
– Matching a range of entities (e.g. all base entities)
– Suppressing matched balances within a specified tolerance thresholdSuppressing matched balances within a specified tolerance threshold
– Displaying or suppressing custom dimension members on the report
– Specifying the currency in which you wish to view the report
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IC Matching Reports The Finit Solutions Series
• Example 1: Basic intercompany matching report
– All base entities against all base entities
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– User has security to all entities
• Example 2: Basic intercompany matching report
– All base entities against all base entities– All base entities against all base entities
– User only has security access to Mexico
– In USD, in MXP
• Example 3: Basic intercompany matching report
– Specific entity (e.g. Denver) against all base entities
– User has security to all entities y
• Example 4: Intercompany matching report with matches suppressed
– Zero tolerance
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– Non‐zero tolerance
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IC Matching Reports The Finit Solutions Series
Why don’t my intercompany matching reports work? Common causes:
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• Improper use of the override settings
– When in doubt, use the overrides. Worst case is that you may be selecting the sameWhen in doubt, use the overrides. Worst case is that you may be selecting the same
settings that are already set up in the report.
– Be very careful with the Value dimension. If you are using journals, be sure to always
select the ‘Total’ member (e.g. <entity curr total>, USD Total, etc.)
• Not flagging IsICP for an entity
The intercompany matching reports will only include entities that have the IsICP flag– The intercompany matching reports will only include entities that have the IsICP flag
turned on.
– Example: Cancun can book intercompany balances to other entities, but other
entities cannot book intercompany balances against Cancun. Cancun will not appear
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IC Matching Reports The Finit Solutions Series
Why don’t my intercompany matching reports work? Common causes:
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• Using generic intercompany entities
– Example: If you book intercompany balances to a generic entity such asExample: If you book intercompany balances to a generic entity such as
‘GenericMexico_IC’, but ‘GenericMexico_IC’ does not itself have any data, then there
is no match.
– The intercompany matching report will still show all the intercompany balances on the
t b t th ill ll h t h d (b f t d treport, but they will all show up as unmatched (because, from a metadata
perspective, they don’t match.)
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The Finit Solutions Series
Showing Intercompany
Eliminations in
Financial Reporting
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Showing IC in Reports The Finit Solutions Series
The elimination at any parent entity is always the sum of the
elimination value members of all the children of that entity
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elimination value members of all the children of that entity:
+ Philadelphia <parent curr total> + East <parent curr total>+ Philadelphia <parent curr total>
+ New York <parent curr total>
+ Philadelphia [elimination]
+ East <parent curr total>
+ West <parent curr total>
+ East [elimination]
+ New York [elimination]
= East <entity currency>
+ West [elimination]
= United States <entity currency>
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Contact and Future Webinars
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Upcoming Webinars The Finit Solutions Series
Getting the Most out of FDM:
FDM Logging
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On October 21, you will learn about the different types of logging features in
FDM that can be used to track the full data audit trail and the full detail around
all activities performed in the application. This webinar will provide you with the
tools to better leverage the FDM logging capabilities and to place tightertools to better leverage the FDM logging capabilities and to place tighter
controls on your data and FDM application.
Getting the Most out of HFM:
Financial Reporting Tips & TricksFinancial Reporting Tips & Tricks
The quality of your Financial Reporting reports is a large part of your
organization’s perception of HFM, because many users only interact with those
reports. On November 18, you will learn to apply best practices to yourreports. On November 18, you will learn to apply best practices to your
Financial Reporting reports that will significantly improve the end‐users’
experience with HFM and reduce the maintenance workload on your corporate
consolidations team.
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Getting the Most out of HFM: Intercompany & Eliminations
Finit Contacts The Finit Solutions Series
Q ti ?Questions? Angie Apple (Partner)
aapple@finitsolutions.com
215‐651‐4661
Email us for a
215 651 4661
Ed DeLise (VP of Sales)
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copy of the slides or
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edelise@finitsolutions.com
678‐296‐3611
link to the recording.
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