Newly added users to PBCS/EPBCS cannot access the instance!

Newly added users to PBCS/EPBCS cannot access the instance!

You might have hit this issue that the recently added users to PBCS/EPBCS cannot access the instance, it gives an error message,

"User is not authorized on this service instance" 

Cube refresh failed with Essbase Cube: Cube Name, Error code: 1060374 - Fix/suggestion

A quick one that took a while to fix the issue, assuming it helps the needy.  

The customer was running on EPBCS on version latest version. While running the database refresh it did throw the following error message, 

Cube refresh failed with Essbase Cube: Cube Name,

List Backups via REST API for PBCS/EPBCS applications

The new REST API features enabled on April 22 are so cool, you can now access all the backups created by Oracle on your own without the need to raise an SR with Oracle support. I am referring to the Artifact Snapshot taken by Oracle when there is a change to the instance.

From the Oracle Documentation,

List Backups - Only for OCI (Gen 2) Environments

In OCI (Gen 2) environments, you can list available backup snapshots archived by Oracle in the Oracle Object Storage Cloud.

You can then restore available backup snapshots (copy them to the environment), To restore backup snapshots in OCI (Gen 2) environments, see Restore Backup. After copying the backup, you can archive it or use it to restore the current environment by yourself. After copying the backup, you can archive it or use it to restore the current environment by yourself. With the List Backups and Restore Backup APIs, you no longer have to create a service request to request a backup from an OCI environment.

This API is version v2.

KSCOPE 21 - Takeaways and programs/code used in my presentation - Part 1

Welcome back to my Blog. Hope you find this one useful & informative.

I did present this topic in KSCOPE 21 -  and as promised during the session will be posting all the programs and the code that is used during the presentation.

In this post, I will post the EPM Automate program and the Groovy Program to automate security management.

Also, you could find my presentation here.

Automating Security Management in PBCS! from Dayalan Punniyamoorthy

Running Data Management rules using REST API (PBCS/EPBCS)

REST API allows running the Data Management rules using the following two job type methods

• DATARULE
• INTEGRATION

DATARULE - is an older method for running the Data Management whereas INTEGRATION is the updated version of DATARULE method.

In this blog let's see how to invoke a Data Management rule using the INTEGRATION method using Postman.

Migrating Data Maps between PBCS/EPBCS instances

Migrating Data Maps between PBCS/EPBCS instances

This is applicable only for the data maps created by the Admins/Users, Not for the system created ones like the following 

For the Custom-created Data Maps, you can migrate using LCM

Navigate to the Tools 

 

Under Migration, Go to the Core 

Things to note while loading Date Format values using Data Management into EPBCS/PBCS!

We all have loaded non-numeric (Text, Date & Smartlist, etc..) using the Data Management (FDMEE cloud). I thought I will reiterate the common mistakes done while loading the All data types data.

  

• Check All Data Type (for Delimited or Multi Column)– under File Type in Import Format is selected.

The first step to verify the Import Format is set to Multi Column -All Data Type or Delimeted- All Data Type as Numeric data will not load Date format data.

In this screenshot, i am loading the Date to the member OCX_Purchase Date

What is changing in EPM Cloud from Jan 2021 – Part 2

 

RUNBUSINESSRULE EPM AUTOMATE COMMAND - CHANGE OF BEHAVIOR

Starting with the 21.05 update, the runBusinessRule EPM Automate command will no longer let you run a ruleset against Planning, Planning Modules, Financial Consolidation and Close, and Tax Reporting applications. Instead, you should use the runRuleSet command to launch business rulesets using EPM Automate.

If you currently use scripts that use the runBusinessRule command to launch rulesets, you must modify them to use the runRuleSet command.

Copy data in a ASO cube between members of a same dimension!!!

 I came across a request to copy data between versions for an EPBCS application, absolutely a common request but this is for an ASO Cube. We all have done 100 times this on a BSO cube but for me, this was the first request on an ASO cube.

Let I narrate the process to copy data in an ASO cube between members of the same dimension

 

• Create a new rule in the calculation manager under the respective ASO cube

What is changing in EPM Cloud from Jan 2021 – Part 1

 

This blog will cover the important changes effective from Jan or later in 2021, I will share this again….

 

REDWOOD USER EXPERIENCE

As part of the new Redwood experience, we are introducing the Dynamic Tabs feature only within the Redwood theme in the 21.02 update. Dynamic Tabs will allow you to open tabs on the fly, both from a list view or from an existing navigation flow tab to perform related actions. Some use case examples: view drill through from a form in a new temporary tab; view a form in design mode; open Web ad hoc from a form or dashboard; open forms from right-click menus; open dimensions on the fly to view how members are calculated.

"Format code" in PBC/EPBC Calculation Manager

Its been a while I blogged due to my work schedule, but thought I will share this with all on a great handy option that surprised me.

 It’s the “Format Code” in the Calculation Manager. This is the definition from the document When you Format Code, the lines of the script are grouped together and are indented, and blank lines are removed. 

To explain how this works this is my code written before formatting the code,