Direct URL for Accessing Data Management!!!

Have seen this question multiple times in the public forum on how to access the Data Management directly rather than accessing it via the Workspace?

The URL for On-Premise to access the Data Management directly

http://Foundationserver:19000/workspace/index.jsp?module=aif.launch

The URL for PBCS/EPCS to access the Data Management directly

https://vecghypdemo.pbcs.us2.oraclecloud.com/workspace/index.jsp?module=aif.launch

While accessing the above URL if the Workpace is already opened it opens in a seperate tab. If not logged in before opens up in the same tab in IE.

Note: This is applicable to both On-Premise and PBCS/EPCS

What does EPM Automate Utility offer - Part 4

In this series lets see how to read a file and strip a particular value from a column of a CSV file and use that value in the EPM automate script.

Requirement:

Every month the pay details are extracted from the source system and the data file is loaded into the PBCS, to get this automated the file name should be named as MMM-YY (Pay month and year format).

Let us explore how this is achieved using the EPM  automate.

Using Substitution Variables in Direct Page Links for Forms and Dashboards in PBCS!!!

In my other post Using Direct Page Links for Formsand Dashboards in PBCS!!! We used the POV with hardcoded members for accessing the forms. A anonymous comment on the post asked

So thought of posting on Using the Direct Page Links for forms using substantiation Variables.

In the POV call the Substitution variables as “&SubVar” instead of the actual member. 

https://demo-test-demo.pbcs.us2.oraclecloud.com/HyperionPlanning/faces/LogOn?

Direct=True&ObjectType=FORM&ObjectName=ForHeadCountExt&POV="&FcstStartMth","&ActCurYr"

And the Forms is called using the sub var

Hope this helps !!!

What does EPM Automate Utility offer - Part 3

After the EPM automate serious 1 & 2 let me cover downloading the latest exported file & logs related to a specific Data export job.

Currently we don’t have a specific command to download the latest exported file and when you run a export data command it prefix the job id ad the end and created the export file.

Let’s see how to download the latest file or the latest log file using EPM automate 

What does EPM Automate Utility offer - Part 2

Continuing with the EPM automate commands as part 2 after Part 1

The Replay Command

The replay command replays the Oracle Smart View for Office load on a service instance to enable performance testing under heavy load to verify that user experience is acceptable when the service is under specified load.

For example, you can test the user experience on a test instance under heavy load to ensure that the service will perform well after you migrate the application from the test instance to the production instance.

Using Direct Page Links for Forms and Dashboards in PBCS!!!

Like we had the smartcuts in On-premise the same functionality is available in PBCS as direct page links. Let’s cover them in this blog

Straight from the documentation it says “Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud supports direct URL links that allow you to access Oracle Hyperion Planning forms and dashboards and to integrate with Oracle Sales Cloud. You can use direct page links to create a URL that points to a specific form or dashboard. If users have appropriate access permissions, they can use the URL to go directly to the form or dashboard to view or update it within Planning and Budgeting Cloud.”

To use this feature, first create a form or dashboard, and then assign access and manage users and roles. You can then set up the URL for a direct page link and communicate the URL to users.

Composite forms are not supported for direct page links.

Creating a large number of Period mapping using LCM–PBCS!!!

Well creating a large number of period mapping from 2013 to 2015 will take a while to create manually. Creating the same period mapping for multiple application is also a trouble if you create It manually.

Creating a large number of access to member’s in PBCS using Excel!!!

We all know what does the Access to members does and how to assign to a particular member in PBCS

The challenge here is how will do a mass/huge creation of access to members. Again a thanks to Johngoodwin who helped me here.

The process is as follows,

1.  Create a couple of Assess to members to get start with manually

2.    Once we have a handful of them, create a LCM export using “Application Management”

Under Security it will display the users and the groups which were given access to the dimension members

Export the artefacts by selecting only the Security as at this point we are interested in only security. But the whole application can be selected and the changes can be imported back.

The exported files will look like following

 Update the Security information as needed,

Ø  Extract the zip file using 7zip

ØOpen the Users.xml for assigning the access to users and Groups for giving the access to the groups.The users.xml will display as below,

Under <name> add  the user you want to assign the access

Under <objectName> add the dimension member you want to assign the access

Under <flag> provide one value as needed

MEMBER

@IDESCENDANTS

@DESCENDANTS

   @CHILDREN

   @ICHILDREN

Under <accessMode> either provide READ or READWRITE as needed.

Once the file is edited and ready for both the users.xml and Groups, have them zipped using 7zip.

     Let’s see how to build the xml files using Excel

Open Excel and create a data source using the original xml file exported from LCM

Once you have the needed content in the excel re you get that saved as a XMl file using “XML Data” as the save option.

4.    Importing the edited artefacts back to PBCS.

Now the artefacts can be imported back (after adding all the needed access to the dimension members) to PBCS either manually or getting it automated

Uploading Manually and importing it back

Selecting the uploaded artefacts and importing it.          

That’s it you are done. As i write this blog Celvin have come up with awesome idea of creating the xml using the Groovy 

Oracle PBCS Feb 2017 (17.02) update!!

The Feb 2017 patch for the PBCS is bringing some eye catching updates http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/tutorial/cloud/pbcs/1702-pbcs-wn.htm

Oracle PBCS Access Logs-Patch applied!!!

This is continuation to the blog I wrote about Oracle PBCS Access Logs!! The changes that was described in the December 16 updates are applied on 6th Jan 2017 .

Loading data into PBCS ASO using Smart-view HsSetValue & HsGetValue!!!

Let me cover a simple one this time, how to load data to a ASO cube using smart view in PBCS using HsSetValue & HsGetValue

Just make sure the following statements are true before the load

The Level 0 members are selected for the data load for all the dimension’s part of the ASO cube

As we all know we can’t load the data to a dynamic calculated members and attribute members

As per the document

HsGetValue

Data sources: Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, Oracle Essbase Cloud, Oracle Hyperion Planning, Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud, Oracle Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud

HsGetValue retrieves data from the data source for selected members of a dimension. When HsGetValue retrieves no data, the value specified for the #NoData/Missing Label replacement option is used (see Table 1). When users select Refresh or Refresh All, only

HsGetValue is called. When users select Submit, HsSetValue is called first, HsGetValue is then called only if HsSetValue returns successfully.