The Essbase Renaissance:An Introduction to OAC

Presented by: Opal AlapatEPM Cloud Specialist, interRel Consulting

http://womaninepm.com

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About the Presenter

Opal Alapat

EPM Cloud Specialist 15+ years EPM architecture,

development, and management experience Author of the LSTYA EPRCS book Co-Author of the LSTYA PBCS book Cloud Specialist in all available EPM/BI Cloud

specializations

Cloud Oracle ACE A co-founder of the NTxHUG

Caveats and CYA’s

What will intentionally not be covered in this session Explanation of licensing Screenshots/demos of pre-

release software (17.06 release) Roadmap information

Also, #SafeHarbor, #SafeHarbor, #SafeHarbor!

The Basics

On St. Patty’s Day OAC officially went GA!

Est. March 17, 2017Database + data visualization / analytics tools built into one

suite

Full BI SolutionStandard or Enterprise

Two Flavors

Different licensing, administration options, etc.

PaaS, not SaaSSome things are familiar,

some things are new,some things are gone

Old, New, Gone?

Currently. Next big release: June 2017

This is a “version 1.0”“OAC”, not OACS

“EssCS” or “Essbase Cloud”

Terminology Lesson

Essbase Cloud Web Interface

DVCS Web Interface

BICS Web Interface

The Details: EssCS vs. Essbase - In Common

The Details: EssCS vs. Essbase - Different

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The Administrator Experience

The Mind of an AdministratorHow does the Essbase Cloud experience compare to on-prem?

Creating applications and cubes, loading dimensions,loading data, creating scripts and variables, etc.

Building Cubes

Updating dimensions, updating data, maintaining variables,automation, locks, security, connections, statistics, etc.

Maintenance

Ensuring that your applications and databases areperforming as efficiently and quickly for your users!

Performance Tuning

Upstream and downstream systems, hybrid (on-prem andCloud) integration, Cloud-to-Cloud integrations

Data Integration

Building Cubes

Building Cubes: From Spreadsheet to Cube in <1 min.

DEMO: Sample.Basic Build

Maintenance

Maintenance

DBXTool

LCM(lifecycle management)

CLI(command line interface)

Web Interface(Jobs, Locks, Connections, Files, Outline)

Cube Designer

MaxL

Performance Tuning

Performance Tuning

Hardware Introducing the “Compute shape”

Design Dense and sparse settings Outline ordering Member properties App/db properties

Data Integration

DEMO: Creating the EssCS Connection

The End User Experience

The Mind of an End UserHow does the Essbase Cloud experience compare to on-prem?

Static and interactive methods for internal or external reporting Reporting

Ad hoc, data visualizations, dashboarding, data at your fingertips!Analytics

Ensuring that there are database-specific that are important, intuitive, and easy to use for end users.

Essbase Cloud Feature Sets

Ability to access data from all pertinent sources easily and quickly, without having to rely on IT.

Accessibility and Performance

Reporting

Smart View

Direct Microsoft Office integration

Can be used for both inputs (Excel version of forms) and outputs

Custom Excel reporting and more!

Direct connection to the database to maintain “one version of the truth”

EPRCS (Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud)

Cloud-only solution

Standalone – does not require EPM

Narrative reporting solution

Flexible & Collaborative

Regulatory filing solution

Process management, oversight, and

visibility

Works with any Excel-supported

data source

Oracle’s strategic reporting solution

Analytics

DEMO: Building Visualizations Quickly with DVCS

Essbase Cloud Feature Sets

New Feature: Scenario Management

Sandbox (scenario modeling)

Security(Simplified)Workflow

Scenario Management

DEMO: Setting up Sandboxes and Scenario Management

Making Changes within an Assigned Sandbox

Capturing and Submitting Sandbox Changes

Accessibility and Performance

DVCS Connection Types

Conclusion

Questions?

The Essbase Renaissance:An Introduction to OAC

Presented by: Opal AlapatEPM Cloud Specialist, interRel Consulting

http://womaninepm.com