Oracle PBCS Features that Fuel Finance Transformation
In today's business landscape , finance leaders can no longer rely on static spreadsheets and siloed planning tools. Enter Oracle PBCS (Planning and...
Oracle Hyperion 11.2 Support isn’t going anywhere (until 2036, at least)!
If you’re running Oracle Hyperion EPM on-premises, here’s some welcoming news: Oracle has extendedPremier Support through at least 2036. That’s more...
Why Staff Augmentation Makes Sense Now In today’s economy, planning ahead feels less like forecasting and more like fortune-telling. Hiring full-time...
To the Cloud or Not to the Cloud? The Oracle EPM Dilemma
If your organization relies on Oracle Hyperion for planning, consolidation, or financial reporting, chances are you’ve faced the question: Do we stay...
Many organizations like yours rely on Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) to power essential financial processes. However, when HFM isn’t optimized,...
How Oracle Application Support Can Benefit Your Team: A Game-Changer for Efficiency and Success
In today’s fast-paced business environment, staying ahead of the competition means not only investing in the right technology but also ensuring that...
Transforming Enterprise Performance Management: Oracle EPM Cloud’s AI Revolution
Enterprise Performance Management is undergoing a significant transformation through the integration of artificial intelligence into its cloud...
03/04/2025
US-Analytics Promotes Jacqueline Strohmenger to President
[Dallas, TX] – US-Analytics is proud to announce the promotion of Jacqueline Strohmenger to the role of President. Strohmenger, who joined...
02/26/2025
How Integrating Oracle’s EPM Tools into NetSuite Unlocks New Business Potential
In today's fast-paced business environment, agility and efficiency are crucial. Financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting are pivotal areas that...
Don’t Skip the Patch: Why Staying Up to Date with Oracle Patch Releases is Critical
In today’s fast-paced business environment, ensuring that your Oracle Hyperion On-Premise software is secure, stable, and functioning at its peak is...
A Gift for Your Business: Oracle EPM Health Check to Kickstart the New Year
As the year winds down and the holiday season takes center stage, it’s the perfect time to think about more than just decking the halls. For finance...
Maximizing Financial Efficiency: How Oracle EPM Managed Services Reduce Costs and Streamline...
As organizations face increasing economic pressures, many are turning to Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) to manage financial processes...
The Divergence Principle: When Your Oracle EPM System Starts Demanding More than It Gives
Our daughter, who (proud dad moment!) is working on her biochemistry master’s degree, recently called to check in. During this conversation, she told...
Addressing Common Complaints: Oracle Hyperion Applications and What US-Analytics is Doing About It
In the realm of Enterprise Performance Management, Oracle Hyperion stands out for its robust capabilities and comprehensive suite of tools. However,...
You Love HFM, So Why Move to the Cloud with FCCS? Here Are Three Things to Consider…
If you've been using Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) for years, you likely appreciate its robust capabilities for financial consolidation...
Brace for Impact: How to Navigate Sudden Interest Rate Changes with Oracle EPM
In today’s unpredictable economic landscape, interest rates can shift without warning, sending shockwaves through your business. Whether rates spike...
Dive into the Data Wonderland: How Oracle Analytics Can Transform Your Organization
Welcome to the world of data! Imagine if every piece of data in your organization could come to life, dancing around and offering valuable insights....
Concerned About Your Company’s Next Financial Audit? Oracle EPM Can Help.
In the world of business, financial audits are both a necessary and often stressful reality. They can be time-consuming, complex, and prone to errors...
Boost Your Teams with Expert Oracle EPM Implementations in Banking and Financial Services
In the fast-paced world of banking and financial services, precision and agility in financial planning and analysis are crucial. To stay competitive,...
Is Your Oracle Hyperion Planning Application Ready for the Annual Budgeting Season?
As the fiscal year draws to a close, the annual budget cycle looms large for many organizations. This critical period demands precision, efficiency,...
Why Outsourcing Oracle EPM Support Makes Financial Sense for Your Business
In today's competitive business landscape, efficiency and cost-effectiveness are paramount. Every investment must deliver tangible returns, including...
Improving Grant Management and Tracking with Hyperion EPM
Universities rely on grants to fund important research projects, academic programs, and institutional initiatives. Efficiently managing and tracking...
Stay Informed: Oracle BI Upgrade Guidelines and Important Dates
Hey there, fellow data enthusiasts! At US-Analytics, we're always committed to keeping you in the loop with the latest updates and guidelines in the...
Outsourcing Oracle EPM Administration: The Pros and Cons
If you’re a large enterprise running Oracle EPM for business intelligence and corporate performance management, you know the value of a knowledgeable...
Your Oracle EPM Administrator is About to Leave... Now What? [Free Checklist]
It’s a fact of corporate life that Oracle EPM administrators come and go — and it often seems like they’re going more often than they come. In fact,...
5 Misconceptions About Oracle EPM Managed Services
When we talk to finance and IT teams that don’t outsource support for Hyperion or Oracle EPM Cloud applications, it’s typically because: 1) They had...
Finance and budgeting teams have long been fans of Essbase — being able to store aggregated values gives users the flexibility to efficiently report...
Oracle's updates for Financial Close and Consolidation ( Oracle FCCS) are live for the month of August. Save these dates in your calendar: August 6,...
Cloud technology is constantly evolving at a rapid pace. To keep up with service quality and new capabilities, Oracle has announced its schedule for...
The Value and Impact of EPM in the Evolving CFO Role
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) is a critical aspect of any business. Without it, you'd lack the insight into key areas for improvement. EPM...
Questions about Freeform Planning? US Analytics VP of EPM & Oracle Ace, Brian Marshall, will be presenting on the Freeform Planning functionality in...
Oracle OAC Named Visionary in 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant
As an Oracle partner, US-Analytics is proud to share the news that Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) was recently named a Visionary in 2020 Gartner Magic...
OAS, OBIEE, and OAC: What's Changed and What Hasn't
Oracle Analytics Server, or OAS, was released January 31, 2020, and with it came a lot of questions from active OBIEE users. One question that’s been...
What's New With 11.2: Updates to Oracle's EPM Solution
Over the holiday break, Oracle finally rolled out the long-anticipated 11.2 release of the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management stack. While this...
Hyperion Financial Management (HFM): Deciding on Your Next Steps
In the past couple of years, Oracle has been addressing its future plans for on-prem, and there’s a lot to consider — especially in regard to Oracle...
I recently worked on large scale data integration project with a requirement to notify the calling web-based application of a successful GL data load...
Jython Script vs. VBScript for FDMEE: Keeping Your Options Open
From time to time Oracle releases an EPM product that, as a developer, causes you to pivot. The first release of FDMEE in 2013 was one such product....
Modernize your Information Architecture, upgrade to OAS/OAC
Many Organizations are taking steps towards becoming more “Data-Driven”. If you are running OBIEE 11g or OBIEE 12c, it may be time to upgrade. There...
Account Reconciliation Updates (Aug 2019): New Version of EPM Automate
The August updates for Account Reconciliations in Oracle EPM Cloud have arrived. In this blog post, we’ll cover several new features, considerations,...
Oracle Data Management Update (July 2019): New Statistical Properties
The July updates for Oracle EPM Cloud Enterprise Data Management have arrived. This is the first set up updates since Oracle changed the structure of...
Oracle EPM Cloud Update (July 2019): New Version of EPM Automate
The July updates for Account Reconciliations in Oracle EPM Cloud are here. This is the first set up updates since Oracle changed the structure of the...
INTRODUCTION There were a lot of Oracle EPM announcements at Kscope19 and it left some of us scratching our heads, wondering, “What’s my next step?”...
The Problem After a PBCS snapshot is extracted, modified, and re-archived, it is no longer accepted as a valid Snapshot by PBCS. Even when performing...
What's New in the Oracle Analytics Cloud? Release 105.3 (June 2019)
There hasn't been a significant to the Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) since March. In May, OAC received a small update in the 105.2.3 release in which...
US-Analytics Recognized as a Top Oracle Solution Provider in 2019
US-Analytics was recognized as one of the Top 10 Oracle Solution Providers for 2019 by CIO Applications Magazine, an honor created to assist CIOs in...
FCCS Updates (June 2019): Equity Pickup, New EPM Cloud URL & More
The June updates for Oracle's Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS) are here. This month you can look forward to updates for showing...
ARCS Updates (May 2019): Viewing Audit Report, Period History & More
New features and updates for Oracle's Account Reconciliation Cloud Service (ARCS) have finally arrived! In this blog post, we’ll outline new features...
PBCS Tutorial: A Phased Approach to Oracle EPM On-Prem to Cloud Automation
We recently worked on a project with a client that had implemented PBCS and was struggling with providing consistent and timely access to information...
It's that time again — time to start planning for another ODTUG Kaleidoscope conference. This year, the best EPM and BI sessions will be presented in...
The first updates of 2019 are here for Oracle's Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS). Though there aren't any new features in this...
Finance and budgeting teams have long been fans of Essbase — being able to store aggregated values gives users the flexibility to efficiently report...
PBCS & EPBCS Updates (Oct 2018): New Functions in Calculation Manager
The October updates for Oracle's Planning & Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) and Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) are here! This...
There’s a lot of information out there about moving from Oracle Hyperion to the Oracle EPM Cloud, which makes sense — there’s a lot you need to know....
FCCS Updates (Sept 2018): Uniform Time Zone Settings & Considerations
The Septemer updates for Oracle's Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS) are here! This blog post outlines new features, including a...
Discoverer Migration to OBIEE: 3 Methods You Can Use
Is your organization still using Oracle Discoverer? By now, you’re probably aware of the end of extended support for Discoverer, and that we are well...
Opening Ports for OAC - EM Browser Access and RPD Admin Tool Access
In this two-minute tutorial, I’ll show you how to open a port for Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) to get EM browser access as well as access to the RPD...
PBCS Data Backup and Recovery Scenarios [Tutorial]
Recently, I created several types of backups and recovering methods using the applications snapshots, PBCS exports, and Essbase Data Export business...
Self-Service Data Transformation: Getting In-Depth with Oracle Data Flow
In part one, I talked about the common concepts and goals that Tableau Prep and Oracle Data Flow share. In part two, I looked at a brief overview of...
ARCS Updates (July 2018): Power Calculation, Considerations & More
The July updates for Oracle's Account Reconciliation Cloud Service (ARCS) are here. In this blog post, we’ll outline new features in ARCS, including...
Now that we’ve had time to sleep and rest our feet, it’s time to reflect on Kscope18. A few things stick out right off the bat — Disney, puppies, and...
PBCS &EPBCS Update (June 2018): Smart View System Setting
The May updates for Oracle's Planning & Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) and Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) have arrived! This...
The May updates for Oracle's Planning & Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) and Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) have arrived! This...
FCCS Updates (May 2018): Enhancements to Dashboards & More
The May updates for Oracle's Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS) are here! This blog post outlines new features, including seeded...
OBIEE Tutorial: Preventing Write Back When Using Act As
Recently, I was presented with a unique client requirement. They needed to prevent write back functionality when acting as users who have write back...
ARCS Updates (April 2018): Charts in Activity Report, Reporting in.
The April updates for Oracle's Account Reconciliation Cloud Service (ARCS) are here. In this blog post, we’ll outline new features in ARCS, including...
In this OAC tutorial, we’ll go through how to install and configure Microsoft Active Directory. If you’re looking for other tutorials to help you get...
What’s your biggest problem when it comes to financial modeling? The answer we typically hear is spreadsheets. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with...
In my last tutorial, I walked you through setting up a database for OAC — which you’ll need to do if you haven’t done so already. In this “two-minute...
ARCS Updates (March 2018): Provision Users Audit Report & More
The March updates for Oracle's Account Reconciliation Cloud Service (ARCS) have arrived. In this blog post, we’ll outline enhancements to transaction...
FCCS Updates (Feb 2018): Journal Attachments, Fixed Defects & More
The latest updates for Oracle's Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS) are here. This blog post outlines multiple new features, fixed...