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Getting the Most out of FDM:FDM System Settings

August 5, 2009

Presented by Deborah R. Newborn

The Finit Solutions Series


About Finit Solutions


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Getting the Most out of FDM: FDM System Settings

Finit IntroductionFinit Solutions specializes in consulting services in the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Solutions suite of products:

Financial Consolidation and Reporting

– Financial Management (HFM)

– Hyperion Enterprise

– BI+ Reporting Tools

Data Integration

– Financial Data Quality Management (FDM)

– Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)

– Data Integration Management (DIM)

Planning and Business Intelligence

– Planning

– Essbase




We take client service very seriously.

Our methodology of efficiently developing effective solutions and exceeding expectations on every

project has resulted in a 100% client satisfaction rate at more than 100 clients.

Finit’s Client Service


• Finit Solutions is the recognized global leader in FDM. We have implemented

FDM to over 5,000 users and over 4,800 data submission sites.

• Finit Solutions was Upstream Software’s original consulting and implementation

partner.

• Finit’s President, Rob Cybulski, is the FDM domain lead for the Oracle

Hyperion Special Interest Group.

• Finit is a member of the Hyperion FDM Customer Advisory Board, advising

Oracle on how customers are using FDM and how to continue to improve

the product.


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About the Presenter

Deborah R. Newborn( [email protected] )

• FDM Product Lead• Multiple integrations

with Hyperion Enterpriseand HFM for domestic and global organizations


mailto:[email protected]




How to Ask a Question


Agenda





• Section I: FDM Settings Overview– Demonstration

o Application Settings

o Web/User Settings

o Configuration Settings

o Integration Settings (HFM)

– Integration Settings (Hyperion Enterprise)

– New Settings for FDM v 11.1.1.2

• Section II: FDM Adapters Overview

• Question and Answer

Discussion Topics


About FDM System Settings





• FDM promotes the flexibility to: – customize the functionality

– enhance the interface

– integrate with a variety of products

• The proper combination of the settings is a function of a client’s:– network

– workflow requirements

– interface preferences

Settings at a Glance




• Some settings affect the general behavior of FDM while others are specific to the target application:– Application Settings address FDM’s workflow parameters such as specifying

the target application and how the certification process will function

–Web/User Settings control FDM’s user interface

– Configuration Settings enhance system performance

– Integration Settings determine how FDM will connect and interact with a

target application

Settings at a Glance


Accessing the Settings

From the Web

From the Workbench


Select an Option within the Settings group and set the parameter(s)


Section I : FDM Settings Overview





• System Code

– specifies the integration adapter for the target application

• Ignore Map Item– restrains data that should not be loaded to the target application

• Log Map Changes

– records mapping changes to be retrieved from FDM logs and

system reports

• Batch Loader

– enables batch automation, offers ‘lights out’ processing

• Archive Method– determines how data files are stored in FDM’s folder structure

– files are either stored in the Inbox and archive folders or moved to the archives

Application Settings




• Control Lock, Controls without Data, Controls Unsubmit – determines the workflow for the certification process by specifyingif the POV will be locked, if the process can be completed without data and if users have the ability to unsubmit

• Fiscal Start Period– establishes a fiscal start period used in FDM reporting

• Period Key Date Format Mask– determines the date format to be used on period descriptions

and all FDM reports

• Create/Delete Location Directory– specifies how the folder structure will be set up and maintained as locationsare created in FDM

Application Settings




• Information Bar– displays confirmation and error messages and determines how longmessages will be displayed

• Theme– affects the color scheme of the application

• Grid Size– controls the number of rows displayed per page

• Custom Names for FDM Labels– allows an overwrite of the generic label names with more descriptive terms

Web/User Settings




• Database tuning for SQL and Oracle

– offers various options for enhancing performance based on file

storage, memory usage, etc.

• Allows custom description in period– overrides the default period format (MMM‐YYYY) for a custom

description (e.g. Qtr ‐1, Qtr ‐2)

• File encoding– ASCII or Unicode setting

o ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) serves as the standard coding method but excludes many characters

o Unicode allows data files containing special characters to load properly

( e.g. Ã, £ )

Configuration Settings




• Application Name

– Exact name of the target application to which FDM will integrate

• Logon Method– Global (all users access the system with the same credentials)

– Unified (individual credentials are used to authenticate)

• Global Logon Information

– Universal username and password

General Integration Settings




• Dimension Cache Switch

– stores Enterprise dimension members in FDM for quick retrieval

• View

– sets the data view (e.g. Year‐to‐date)

• Zero No Data

– assigns a zero to accounts that have no data, affects the value

displayed per data view

Hyperion Enterprise Integration Settings




• Use Single Sign On (SSO)

– allows a user to access FDM from HFM via a link that logs the user in with the

same credentials used to access HFM

• Use Sticky Server

– forces FDM to use the same server to perform each step of the data loading

process

• Enable Line Item Detail and Cell Text Loading

– allows additional information to be loaded through FDM along with data

• Enable Journal Loading

– provides multiple options for loading data from FDM as HFM journals

HFM Integration Settings




• Enable Controls Review– offers the option to use additional scripting with the Review step of

the certification process (e.g. to launch an email confirmation)

• Enable Process Management – launches process management after the FDM certification process

is complete

• Accumulate in File

– load option that sums data for the same combination of account and custom

dimensions in a file and loads the total

• Force Calculate– initiates all calculation rules for an entity when data is loaded





• Force Translate

– initiates all currency translation rules for an entity when data is loaded

• Translation Level

– translates base entities to the parent currency

• Data Protection

– protects data entered into HFM by methods other than FDM

– requires the use of a custom dimension in HFM that tracks data by source

• Enable Intersection Validation – generates a report that will alert the data loader of any of invalid

combinations of accounts and custom dimension members (e.g. loading Cash

with an Intercompany partner)





• Restricting File Upload Types

– Use this option to specify file extensions that cannot be uploaded (i.e. *.dat,

or *.csv)

• Updated UpCheck Function in the Journal template

– Updated to warn the user if the value entered in the Amount column of the

journal template is not a valid value

• Support for Shared Services

– FDM supports Hyperion Shared Services 11.1.1.2 for user provisioning and

authentication

• Drill‐back is available from Hyperion Enterprise

– This was available in 11.1.1.1 and will be fully operational when

Enterprise 6.5.1 is released at a later date

New Settings in 11.1.1.2


Section II : FDM Adapters





• DataMart (Pull) Adapter– Allows you to create an FDM database that does not integrate with a target

system

– Provides the ability to map data into a non‐Hyperion target

• Tax Extract Adapter– Provides an interface to extract FDM data to user‐defined, formatted

text files

• Essbase/Planning Adapter– Allows you to load data to Essbase

– Clear and Calc scripts can be run

– Mapping can be performed using either member name or alias

FDM Target Adapters




• Strategic Finance Adapter – Can be used to load GL or HFM/HE data into Strategic Finance with mappings

FDM Target Adapters




• SAP Adapter– allows FDM to connect directly to the SAP database and pull data into FDM

– drill back to SAP is available

• Oracle E‐Business Suite– establishes a direct connection between Oracle E‐Business Suite and FDM– drill back to Oracle E‐Business Suite is available

* Source adapters require the use of an import format set to ‘Adapter’

FDM Source Adapters


Finit Contacts

Questions?

Deborah R. Newborn (Presenter)

[email protected]

215‐582‐4592

Rob Cybulski (President)

[email protected]

215‐880‐2025

Ed DeLise (VP of Sales)

[email protected]

678‐296‐3611







• On August 19, Finit Solutions will deliver Part II of Hyperion Enterprise to Hyperion Financial Management: Design Considerations and Best Practices. You will gain insight into planning and managing a conversion to HFM, including pre‐project architecture considerations, implementation resource commitment, and end‐user training plans.

• To register, go to www.finitsolutions.com/Insights_Webcast.html


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