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Case Studies

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Automating ERP Data to Update Profiles and Balances in ARCS

Updating Profiles and premapped balances in ARCS autonomously and directly from Oracle Financials Cloud.
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Driver Based Planning with Hyperion

Expanding the scope of a new driver-based planning application on a global scale. This project included data across 14 product lines and 50,000 cost centers.
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Data Clean up with Hyperion Essbase & SmartView

Data Cleansing for a Merger And Acquisitions. Mapping a fortune 500's financial data to the acquiring company’s metadata structure prior to the merger.
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Cost Management Solutions for the Healthcare Industry

Modernizing the cost allocation process from 25-year-old legacy systems. How a business consultants turned around underperforming projects led by other subcontracting firms and the trained a fortune 500's end users on all applications.

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Financial Data Integration With Hyperion Essbase

How a 5-member team was able to work with IT, finance, integration, and divestiture organizations from two Fortune 500 companies to integrate financial data in just 4 months using Oracle.
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The 4 Weeks PBCS Implementation Process

PBCS Express is the fastest way to implement the planning and budgeting application. But it stills includes the full End-to-End functionality that caters to all planning and budgeting needs of any industry.

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BI Dashboard Through Smartview & TIBCO Spotfire

Developing a customized dashboard for the president of a Fortune 500 company and giving select stakeholders the ability to view and analyze 24 KPIs in one location
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FCCS Transportation Sector Implementation

Implementation and Support for Financial Consolidation Close Cloud for Transportation sector owning more than 1750000 Asset counts.
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The Best of Account Reconciliation

Learn about the best of ARCS!

Tutorials

Learn how to create Dashboards or implement EPM applications with our tutorials

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Creating Custom Reports with BI Publisher

Learn how to create custom reports in Oracle Fusion with BI Publisher.
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Creating Custom Reports with BI Publisher - Table Structures

A walkthrough of tables in Oracle FSCM and how they are commonly named.
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Tableau: Creating Color-Changing KPI Tiles

Learn how to create dual layered color-changing KPI tiles.
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Tableau: Creating A Navigation Button to Another Dashboard

Learn how to create navigation buttons that link to other dashboards.
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Tableau: Creating Expandable Charts with the Action Menu

Learn how to create expandable charts by using the action menu.
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How to Create a Translation Override Rule in FCCS

A step by step instruction on how to create and apply a translation override rule during the consolidation process in FCCS.

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Utilizing the Report Package tool in EPRCS

In this tutorial, we will provide step by step instructions on how to create a simple custom report package.
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Proper Installation of Oracle Smart View on Excel

A quick guide to install Smart View for Microsoft Excel
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Extracting Data from PBCS: Planning & Budget Cloud Service

Learn how to extract data from PBCS.
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Benefits of Utilizing Task Manager in Oracle Applications

See how you can benefit from utilizing Task Manager in Oracle Applications.
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EDMCS Alternate Hierarchy

How to build an alternate hierarchy in Enterprise Data Management Cloud.
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ARCS extract in OTBI

Step by step instructions on how to extract ARCS data in OTBI.

Articles

Learn about the latest techology from distributed cloud computing, blockchain, FOG and Artificial Intelligence with our articles

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Turn Data Into Profit

All companies have massive amounts of data on premise or on the cloud, but not all companies use that data to their advantage. How can companies turn data into profit?
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Bitcoin & Ethereum Dashboard

Creating Cryptocurrency dashboards with Tableau, Power BI and Qlikview. Learn about the Pros and Cons of each Business Intelligence software.
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PBCS - FDMEE Common Errors

Troubleshooting some common errors that occur when using Oracle's PBCS and going through the data load processes.

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Fact Tables and Dimension Tables

Brief introduction and understanding to dimensional modeling and the two sides to it (factual and numerical).
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Are You Still Reconciling in Excel?

Comparing the costs and efficiences between reconciliation in Excel and Oracle ARCS using break-even analysis and case study examples.
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Commercial Real Estate - BI Tools for CRE Professionals

How a Commercial Real Estate Giant used Oracle to optimize employee salaries.
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An In-Depth Look at the PBCS 4 Weeks Implementation Process

A step by step walkthrough of the 4 weeks implementation process for PBCS.
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What the Salesforce Acquisition of Tableau Means

The Salesforce acquisition of Tableau is a reflection of the tech industry and how important big data is to companies.
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The Combined Power of Twitter and Python

Learn more about the power of combining Twitter and Python for social media analytics.
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Crypto Currency - Power BI

The second installation to our Crypto Currency BI series. We focus on Power BI and pulling real-time data with an API key and JSON.
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The Pros & Cons of OneStream XF

Understanding some pros and cons of the financial application OneStream XF.
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The Capabilities of OneStream XF

Taking a closer look at some of the capabilities of OneStream XF and OneStream XF reporting and dashboards.
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OneStream XF Dimensions Pt. 1

Part 1 of 2 in a series. This part will focus on a brief explanation and understanding of the fixed dimensions of OneStream XF.
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OneStream XF Dimensions Pt. 2

Part 2 of 2 in a series. This part will focus on brief explanations and understandings of the customizable dimensions of OneStream.
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OneStream XF Workflow

A brief explanation and understanding of workflow in OneStream XF and why it's so important.
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OneStream XF Cubes

A brief explanation and understanding of Cubes and the two types of Cubes in OneStream XF.
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OneStream XF Foreign Exchange

A brief explanation how foreign currency is applied onto the application.
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OneStream XF Marketplace

This article focuses on understanding the marketplace and why it's so important.
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The Flexibility of OneStream XF

Learn about how OneStream XF is flexible and can be used both on-premise or on-cloud.

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OneStream XF On Windows

Learn more about OneStream XF and how it functions on the Windows operating system.
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OneStream XF Dimensions & Members

Learn more about dimensions and members in OneStream XF.
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Loading & Extracting On OneStream XF

Learn some basic information on loading and extracting in OneStream XF.

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OneStream XF Implemenation Process

A brief description on how the OneStream XF implementation process runs.

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OneStream XF - Time Dimension

Learn more about the time dimension in OneStream XF and the requirements for it.
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OneStream XF - Scenario Dimensions

A brief explanation on how scenario dimensions are used in OneStream XF.
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OneStream XF - Entity Dimension

Learn more about the Entity Dimension in OneStream XF.
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OneStream XF - Account Dimension

Learn more on how account dimensions are used in OneStream XF.
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OneStream XF - Flow Dimension

Learn more about the Flow Dimension in OneStream XF.
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OneStream XF - View Dimension

Learn more on how view dimensions are used in OneStream XF.

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OneStream XF - General Requirements

Learn more about the general requirements for the OneStream XF application.
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OneStream XF - Design Fundamentals

Learn more about the design fundamentals in OneStream XF.
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OneStream XF - Extensible Dimensions

Learn more about extensible dimensions and how they are applied.
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Designing Extensibility On OneStream XF

Learn more about the best method to go about designing extensibility on OneStream XF.
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OneStream XF - Scenario Properties: Workflow

Learn more about the workflow of scenario properties applied on OneStream XF.
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OneStream XF - Scenario Properties: Settings

Learn more about the settings for Scenario Properties in OneStream XF.
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OneStream XF - Alternate Hierarchies

Learn more about alternate hierarchies in OneStream XF.
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Transitioning To Remote Work

The recent global state has forced companies both small and large to transition from their normal operations. Working remote is a great opportunity for companies of all sizes to modernize their work environment.
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6 Keys to Client Interaction

YOU WILL THANK US - 6 Keys to improving client interaction you need to know. We realize client interaction plays a vital role in your company. Provided are tips and means of reporting to your clients that will take the tension out of client interaction.

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Core Advantages of Strategic Modeling

Learn more about Strategic Modeling and financial forecasting.

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Implementing Languages In Oracle Systems

Display of how the many combinations found in Oracle Cloud Solutions can allow oneself to make the best use of applications such as ARCS or EPBCS.

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Guaranteed No Stress: Important Factors to Know Before Switching to Cloud

Has your company considered switching to cloud? This article provides important factors to keep in mind before making the switch.
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Groovy Business Rules in EPM Enterprise Cloud

In this article you will learn values of using Groovy Business Rules in Enterprise Performance Management Cloud systems.
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Positive Organizational Impacts of Cloud Transformation

Learn about the positive organizational impacts of cloud transformation to help grow your business.
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EPBCS vs. Hyperion Planning

Learn about the differences and similarities of EPBCS and Hyperion planning.
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Excel vs. Data Warehousing

Pointing Out The Limitations Of Excel As The Core Data Solution.
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Why you need a Business Intelligence Solution

Find out why your company needs a business intelligence solution to maximize the value of your data.
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What can an EPM solution do for your company?

Find out why your company needs an EPM solution to grow.
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Security

Find out what switching to Oracle Cloud can do for your company's security.
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5 ARCS Hacks for Transactions Matching

Designing the best Account Reconciliation solutions for your Oracle EPM Cloud Environment. Reconciling up to 1,000,000 Transactions autonomously.
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The Power of Automation for EPM Cloud

EPM Automate enables your company to autonomously perform tasks within Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud environments such as PBCS, PCM, FCCS, ARCS and more.
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What is Data Warehouse?

This article explains what the Data Warehouse is and its benefits.