Oracle Essbase 9 Implementation Guide- P85 pptx

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As you can see from the previous screenshot, the data is submitted to the

database server but the data has not been rolled upto its parent which is TOTAL

DISCOUNTS In order to roll up the data, you need to execute a calc script.

Click on the Hyperion | Calculation Options | Calculate and you will see

the calculation scripts screen as shown:

In this screen you can see all of the available Calculation Scripts for the Essbase

database you are connected to In this case we select the default calc and click on

Launch When the Calc has completed, the data is rolled upto the higher parent

levels If you run the report for the TOTAL DISCOUNTS now, you will see the

data is rolled up as shown in the following screenshot:

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Using Smart View in other Microsoft Office

products

This is one of the coolest features in Smart View When you install Smart View, it will

be integrated into all of the Microsoft Office products loaded on your PC If you open Microsoft Word you will see a Hyperion menu item, open Microsoft PowerPoint and you will see a Hyperion menu pick, what the heck, you will even see the Hyperion

menu pick in your Microsoft Outlook mail program

Let's say you are meeting with the Finance Director monthly, to show how good or

bad the company is doing in the current market This is never a fun task Chances are you will create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation With Smart View, all you need

to do is just click to refresh the data every month and you will get the most current

data from the Essbase database into your presentation

Let's see how we can do this in Smart View There are a couple of ways to do it

You can copy the data point from Microsoft Excel and paste it into the Microsoft

PowerPoint presentation or just create a new data point in the Microsoft

PowerPoint presentation It's that easy!

1 First, explore how we can do it by copying the Data Points from Microsoft

Excel to Microsoft PowerPoint

2 Select the cell whose data point you want to copy and click on Hyperion

| Copy Data Points.

3 Open the Microsoft PowerPoint in the menu item and click on Hyperion

| Paste Data Points.

You will now see a message on the Microsoft PowerPoint screen saying NEED

REFRESH as shown in the following screenshot:

If you look closely at the previous screenshot, you will see the connection detail

which tells you all of the information about the members that are chosen for this

Data Point Since your connection is already established in Microsoft Excel, you

do not need to reconnect in Microsoft PowerPoint In order to see the new data,

click on Hyperion | Refresh, you will see the data in Microsoft PowerPoint

(as seen below) and you are now ready for the meeting

Another way of calling the Essbase data from other Microsoft Office products

is by using the Smart Tags option These Smart Tags are turned off by default

but you can always turn them on

On the Tools menu, click on the Auto Correct Options, and then click on the

Smart Tags tab and select the Label Text with Smart Tags checkbox to enable

the Smart Tags

Now that the Smart Tags are enabled, let's modify our Microsoft PowerPoint

presentation to show the data by Market In Microsoft PowerPoint, just enter

SmartView and you will see a small i on the top of the Smart View as shown

in the following screenshot:

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Click on the "i" tag and then click on the Functions | Connection Name (Esscar)

| HsGetValue option This function is used to return a data point for all of the

members you have selected Upon clicking on this, you will see a Member Selection

screen where you can make all of the selections as shown in the next screenshot:

Click on OK after you have made all of the selections you need and you will

see the data pulled into your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (as seen below):

Well that wraps it up for Hyperion Smart View With the already outstanding

Essbase Add-in for Microsoft Excel and now the addition of Smart View there

is virtually no limit to what you can do in the world of Business Intelligence

Stay tuned as Oracle has even more new and exciting products coming down

the pipe

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@ANCEST function 375

@ANCESTVAL (dimension, genlevNum,

[membername]) 180

@ANCESTVAL (dimension, genlevNum,

[membername]) function 180

@AVGRANGE() function 183

@CALCMODE() function 186

@CHILDREN() function 183

@CONCATENATE() function 187

@COUNT function 185

@ISCHILD(mbrname) function 178

@ISLEV function 178

@ISMBR function 178

@MEDIAN() function 185

@MOVAVG() function 184

@NEXT() function 184

@PARENTVAL (dimension, membername)

function 179

@PRIOR () function 184

@RANK function 185

@ROUND() function 182

@SIBLINGS() function 183

@SUBSTRING() function 187

@SUM() function 182

@SUMRANGE() function 183

@TODATE() function 186

@VAR() function 182

@VARPER() function 182

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account dimension type, standard

dimen-sion 70

about 250, 251 display tab 251, 252 global tab 256-258 mode tab 254-256 zoom tab 253, 254

addition (+) operator 79 AGENTDELAY, essbase.cfg file settings 356

AGENTLOGMESSAGELEVEL, essbase.cfg file settings 357

AGENTTHREADS, essbase.cfg file settings 356

Aggregate Storage Option See ASO AGTSVRCONNECTIONS, essbase.cfg file settings 356

alias table, member alias 86 alter statement 307

alter system statement 321 alter user 319, 320

analytic server, configuration file

calculation, settings 355 configuration, categories 355 data import/export, settings 355 essbase.cfg file 352-354

hybrid analysis, settings 355 logging and error handling, settings 355 memory management, settings 355 miscellaneous, settings 355 ports and connections, settings 355, 356 query management, settings 355 settings 355

ancestors, outline member descriptors 67 application properties, Essbase

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