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Event: ODTUG Hyperion SIG Event 2/23

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US-Analytics ODTUG Hyperion SIG Event

Don’t miss the ODTUG Hyperion SIG Event coming up on Thursday, February 23rd in Arlington. 

This exciting, and free, half day event will feature presentations covering Essbase, Hyperion and OBIEE.

Don’t miss our presentation on how to leverage Business Intelligence Applications with Oracle OBIEE 11g.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Don’t miss our Hyperion Lunch in Austin!

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US-Analytics Feb 2012 Austin Hyperion Luncheon at Moonshine
Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill, Tuesday, February 28 at Noon

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303 Red River Street  Austin, TX 78701
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Hear Hanger Orthopedic Group discuss their Hyperion Planning Application and
Learn what’s new with Hyperion Reporting using OBIEE

No cost to attend  |  Receive CPE Credit!

For future luncheons, we’re looking for Hyperion users to present their environment and how it’s working, so we can learn from each other and exchange valuable information in this vibrant community. Let us know if you’re interested!

Please feel free to forward this invite to other Hyperion users in your organization. For questions, contact Stefani Caruso at scaruso@us-analytics.com.

Questions to ask SAP about BPC and their EPM Strategy

SAP BPC versus Oracle EPM

SAP BPC versus Oracle EPM

Terry L, Solutions Architect

Terry L, Solutions Architect

The Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Blog recently published an interesting post about SAP / BPC in comparison to Oracle EPM.  A couple of items the authors did not mention is that BPC is positioned as “FREE” software and implementation cost.  Reality is that no software is “FREE” and professional services firms such as US-Analytics have expertise in implementing HFM in a timely manner with minimal risk.

Here are some questions to ask SAP from the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Blog

  • How many applications or instances of BPC will be required to support different requirements such as strategic planning, financial budgeting & planning, financial consolidation, management reporting?
  • How are different instances of SAP BPC administered, centrally or distributed?  How can we synchronize data and meta data across multiple instances?
  • How many users can be supported on a single instance of SAP BPC?  How many servers will be needed to fully support our application and user requirements?
  • What’s your plan for industry or function specific planning applications?  Are these built on the same platform as SAP BPC and integrated with it?
  • How do you manage strategic financial modeling requirements with multiple embedded or layered “what-if” scenarios?
  • Which version of BPC does SAP consider strategic?  MS SQL Server / Netweaver / HANA?  A combination?

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The end of an era: Hyperion Enterprise and Hyperion Enterprise Reporting

The End of an Era: Hyperion Enterprise

The End of an Era in Hyperion Enterprise and Hyperion Enterprise Reporting

Terry L, Solutions Architect

Terry L, Solutions Architect

The end of an era is occurring. Oracle has announced a Hyperion Enterprise and Hyperion Enterprise Statement of Direction.

What you need to know:

As of December 2012 Oracle Hyperion Enterprise and Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Reporting will be placed on controlled availability. At that time, additional sales of these modules will be restricted to
existing customers only. Oracle recommends Oracle Hyperion Financial Management to address financial consolidation and reporting requirements.

Oracle Hyperion Enterprise and Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Reporting release 6.5.1.1 is the terminal release of these products. Support for these products will follow the published Oracle Lifetime Support Policy guidelines. Premier Support for Oracle Hyperion Enterprise and Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Reporting release 6.5.1.1 ends April 2013, after which Sustaining Support will continue to be provided. This protects any existing and ongoing investment in Oracle Hyperion Enterprise and Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Reporting.

More details can be found in Oracle’s Statement of Direction.

Prepare now. Please e-mail sales@us-analytics.com for assistance in upgrading to release 6.5.1.1 or licensing / implementing Hyperion Financial Management for your consolidation needs.

 

The Most Important Symantec Hotfix Ever: EV 10.0 Release

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EV 10 Hotfix

Having worked with Enterprise Vault for several years now, never before have I seen a hotfix that is more critical than the one listed here. Typical hotfixes address issues for a group of EV environments whereas the below hotfix should be applied to all 10.0 servers.

Problem

Under certain circumstances, a user that has been denied access to a particular folder, within an archive that they do have access to, can still search and view the index metadata of items within that folder. The index metadata that can be searched and viewed includes the subject, author, recipients and, if Indexing Level is set to Full, content snippets.

Note that the data archived from the inaccessible folders will not be retrievable or viewable in its entirety, which is the correct behavior.

Solution

If a user is denied access to a particular folder, they will not be able to search or view the index metadata of items within that folder.

It is highly recommended that this hotfix be applied to any (new or existing) EV installation. The link to the knowledge base article is below including the hotfix download:

Important Hotfix

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