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The Finit Solutions Series

GettingthemostoutofFDM:Fully Automating Your DataFullyAutomatingYourDataLoads

April 14 2010April14,2010

PresentedbyJayHampton

www.finitsolutions.com


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Getting the most out of FDM: Fully Automating Your Data Loads

FinitIntroductionThe Finit Solutions Series

FinitSolutionsspecializesinconsultingservicesintheOracleHyperionEnterprisePerformanceManagementSolutionssuiteofproducts:

Financial Consolidation FinancialManagement(HFM)

Hyperion Enterprise

Planning and Business Intelligence Planning

Essbase HyperionEnterprise

Integration Financial Data Quality Management

Essbase

BI+ Reporting ToolsFinancial ReportingFinancialDataQualityManagement

(FDM)

OracleDataIntegrator(ODI) DataIntegrationManagement(DIM)

FinancialReporting Smartview WebAnalysis

Essbase Excel Add ing g ( )

Other(EPMA,ERPi,etc) EssbaseExcelAddin

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FinitsHFMandFDMExpertiseThe Finit Solutions Series

FinithasoneofthelargestpracticesofHFMcertifiedconsultantsonstaffinthecountry.Wehaveexperiencebacktotheearlyversionsof

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y p yHFMandhaveassistedclientswithallaspectsofHFMdeploymentsfromfulllifecycleimplementationstoapplicationoptimization/redesign activitiesredesignactivities.

FinithasalonghistorywithHyperionFDMhavingstartedwiththeg y yp glegacyproduct,UpStreamWebLink.FinitbecameUpStreamSoftwaresfirstconsultingpartnerin2002.Collectively,Finithasdesigned and implemented UpStream / Hyperion FDM that havedesignedandimplementedUpStream/HyperionFDMthathavesourceddatafromover4,800 sourcesystemsandareusedbyover5,000 endusers.


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FinitsClientServiceThe Finit Solutions Series

W t k li t i i lWetakeclientserviceveryseriously.

Ourclientserviceapproachhasledto100%customersatisfaction forevery Finitclientf y

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AboutthePresenterThe Finit Solutions Series

JayHampton([email protected])

PartnerwithFinitSolutions More than 5 years of experience implementing Hyperion products Morethan5yearsofexperienceimplementingHyperionproducts

HyperionFinancialDataQualityManagement(FDM) HyperionEnterprise HyperionFinancialManagement(HFM)

FrequentpresenteratHyperionconferences ServesastheFDMDomainLeadontheOAUGHyperionSpecialInterestGroup

(SIG)


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HowtoAskaQuestionThe Finit Solutions Series

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AgendaThe Finit Solutions Series

WhatisFDMBatchLoader?H d th B t h L d k?

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HowdoestheBatchLoaderwork? FileLocationandNamingConventions

AutoMapCorrectFeature RunningtheBatchLoader Demonstration

ManualwithInterfaceinWorkbench ViaascriptandFDMTaskFlow

i i d k ViaascriptandFDMTaskManager

FDMBatchReports


RealWorldFDMBatchSolutions


WhatistheFDMBatchLoader?


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WhatisFDMBatchLoader?The Finit Solutions Series

TheFDMBatchLoadingprocessallowsuserstoautomateasmuchoraslittleoftheFDMprocessastheyrequirep y q

AutomatesomeoralloftheImport,Validate,ExportandChecksteps

TheFDMBatchLoadercanbeinitiatedinthefollowingways ManuallyviatheBatchLoaderInterfaceintheFDMWorkbenchy ManuallyviaanFDMScript/TaskFlowintheFDMwebinterface

AutomaticallyviaanFDMScriptusingtheFDMTaskManager


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WhatisFDMBatchLoader?The Finit Solutions Series

GivesyoutheabilitytoloadsametypesoffilesasyouwouldmanuallyinFDMy

StandardTextFiles MultiLoadFiles(ExcelorText) FDMExcelBasedJournals

AutoMapFunctionalitybili i ll d i i h l d Abilitytoautomaticallymapanyunmappeditemsintheload

file

These unmapped accounts will be logged and can be reportedThese unmapped accountswillbeloggedandcanbereportedon


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WhatisFDMBatchLoaderThe Finit Solutions Series

Fullloggingofcompletedbatchprocessesalongwith logging of any errors that occur during thewithloggingofanyerrorsthatoccurduringthebatchprocess

Thi ll b i d i h B h R f ThiscanallbeviewedintheBatchReportsfromwithinFDMsReportsScreen.

AbilityforLightsOutProcessing WhencombinedwiththeFDMTaskManager,theBatchLoadercanbesetuptorunautomatically

NouserneedstologintoFDMtobegintheprocessor


executeanytasks

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CostofFDMBatchLoaderThe Finit Solutions Series

BatchLoaderisaseparatelylicensedcomponentofFDM You already own Batch Loader if you purchased the YoualreadyownBatchLoaderifyoupurchasedtheAdapterSuitewhichcontainstheadaptersforEssbase,Strategic Finance, Tax Stream and Data MartStrategicFinance,TaxStreamandDataMart

IfyouonlyboughtFDMwiththeHFMorHyperionEnterpriseadaptersyoudonot yetowntheBatchLoaderp p y y

[email protected] withquestionsaboutBatchLoaderlicensingandwhetheryouq g yhavealreadypurchasedit



HowdoestheBatchLoaderwork?


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HowdoesBatchLoaderwork?The Finit Solutions Series

TwoMainComponentsd d l d b StandardFileNamingConvention usedby

FDMtoidentifythePointofViewforthefiletob l d dbeloaded

StandardFileLocation usedbyFDMtoknowthelocationofthefilestobeprocessed


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FileNamingConventionThe Finit Solutions Series

g Filestobeloadedviathebatchloadermustbecreatedwithan

FDMspecificfilenameformatp

ThefilenameisusedbyFDMtodeterminethepointofviewtoprocessthefilefor(i.e.whatlocation,periodandcategoryis

t i d i th fil )containedinthefile)

Thefilenameisparsedintofivedifferentsegmentsandcanbedelimitedby(~, ,@)y ( , _ , @ )

SampleFormattedFileName:

A1000~Texas~Actual~Jan2010~RR.txt


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FileNamingConventionThe Finit Solutions Series

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A1000~Texas~Actual~Jan2010~RR.txt What are the segments? Whatarethesegments?

FileID (ex.A1000) afreeformfield.Thisfieldcanbeusedtocontroltheorderinwhichthebatchfileswillload.Itcanalsostorevariables(i.e.username date of run job # etc )username,dateofrun,job#,etc.).

Location (ex.Texas) FDMlocationnametobeloaded Category (ex.Actual) FDMcategoryname Period (ex.Jan2010) FDMperiodname

MustmatchFDMPeriod LoadMethod (exRR) LoadMethodisatwocharacterswitch.( )

Character1=MethodwhenimportingintoFDMAppend/Replace(ValidvaluesAorR)

Character 2 = Method when exporting to Target Append/Replace (Valid


Character2 MethodwhenexportingtoTargetAppend/Replace(ValidvaluesR,M,A,etc.)

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BatchFileLocationThe Finit Solutions Series

Allfilestobeloadedthroughthebatchloadermust be placed in the appropriate batch foldermustbeplacedintheappropriatebatchfolder Standardbatchfiles(onemonth,onelocation)needtobe placed in the OpenBatch folderbeplacedintheOpenBatch folder

MultiLoadfilesneedtobeplacedi th O B t hML f ldintheOpenBatchML folder

ExcelBasedJournalTemplatesd b l d hneedtobeplacedinthe

OpenBatchML folder



AutoMapCorrect


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AutoMapCorrectThe Finit Solutions Series

AutomapCorrectwillallowtheFDMprocesstocontinue in the event a mapping error is

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continueintheeventamappingerrorisencountered

Thesystemwilllooktoaspecifiedlocationtoobtainamapintheeventtheoriginalmapsdonotcoverallaccountsinthesourcefile

Thiswilladdthatnewmaptothemapsforthislocationforfurtherinstancesofthissourceaccount


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AutoMapCorrectThe Finit Solutions Series

TosetupthesuspenseaccountanewlocationcalledAutomapCorrect must be added to the FDM

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AutomapCorrect mustbeaddedtotheFDMapplication

After adding this location a new map entry needs to be Afteraddingthislocationanewmapentryneedstobemadeintheexplicitmapforeachdimension Source value for this mapping must be called AutoCorrectSourcevalueforthismappingmustbecalledAutoCorrect

Targetvaluecanbeanyvalidmemberforthedimension

These mapping entries will be the basis for the autoThesemappingentrieswillbethebasisfortheautomappingforanyunmappedmembersfromabatchload



RunningtheBatchLoader


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BatchLoader ManualviaClientThe Finit Solutions Series

IntheFDMWorkbenchclickonTools BatchProcessingtoopenthebatchprocessinginterface

This will allow you toThiswillallowyoutomanuallyconfigurethesettings for an FDM batchsettingsforanFDMbatchandexecuteit


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BelowistheBatchLoaderInterfaceintheWorkbench


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ThefollowingsettingsfortheBatchLoaderaresetupinthe interface and are outlined below

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theinterfaceandareoutlinedbelow

BatchType StandardorMultiLoad Process Level Can process anywhere from Import Only to aProcessLevel CanprocessanywherefromImportOnlytoaFullProcessoraConsolidationOnly

ProcessMethod SerialorParallel(IfParallel,canspecifythenumberofprocessestorun)

LoadBalanceServer FDMLoadBalanceServerFile Name Delimiter The delimiter for the different FileNameDelimiter ThedelimiterforthedifferentcomponentsoftheBatchFileName(~,_,[email protected])

UsuallyaBestPracticetouse~asFDMlocationsorcategoriesmay


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ToprocessafileusingtheManualBatchLoaderatc oade a ua a C e t

FirstplaceafileintheOpenBatchfolder SelecttheParametersintheInterface SelectExecute

You will see the status of the job processing and Youwillseethestatusofthejobprocessingandwillseewhenitiscomplete


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BatchLoader ManualviaWebThe Finit Solutions Series

BatchLoadercanalsoberunviathewebbysetting up an FDM Task Flow

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settingupanFDMTaskFlow

Thisallowsuserswhodonothaveaccesstothekb h ( l h kb hWorkbench(onlyPowerusershaveWorkbench

access)theabilitytorunthebatchloaderscript.


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TheBatchLoaderinterfacealsoallowstheeasycreation of a Batch Script that will be used to run the

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creationofaBatchScriptthatwillbeusedtoruntheBatchProcessviaanFDMTaskFlow

Simply set the parameters for how you would like theSimplysettheparametersforhowyouwouldlikethescripttooperateandselectCreateScript

ThiswillcreateaCustomScriptthatcanberuntopinitializetheFDMBatchProcess

JustlikeotherFDMscriptstheBatchscriptcanbep penhancedtoperformadditionaltasks:

EmailAlertsAddi i l E L i


AdditionalErrorLogging

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StepstosetupanFDMBatchTaskFlow1 C C G l S i i h B h L d

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1. CreateCustomGeneralScriptviatheBatchLoaderinterface.

2 C t C t W b S i t2. CreateCustomWebScript.

3. CopytheCustomGeneralscriptthatyoucreatedfromthe Batch Loader Interface to the CustomWeb ScripttheBatchLoaderInterfacetotheCustomWebScript.

4. AdditeminMenuMaker(underTools).

5 Cli k T k Fl t i t5. ClickonTaskFlowstoseeyourscript.

6. ClickontheTaskFlowtorunit.


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BatchLoader TaskManagerThe Finit Solutions Series

TaskManagerinstallsaWindowsservicethatrunsscheduled tasks (FDM scripts) at specified

atc oade as a age

scheduledtasks(FDMscripts)atspecifiedintervals

k b h d l d dl d l Taskscanbescheduledtorunrepeatedly,daily,weekly,ormonthly

TaskManagercanbeinstalledonanyserverthatcanaccesstheFDMapplication(theWebserver,theapplicationserver,orthedataserverwhereFDMdataresides)


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BatchLoader AutomaticThe Finit Solutions Series

TheTaskManagerwillrunspecifiedFDMscriptsas certain intervals

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ascertainintervals

ThisallowstheBatchLoaderScriptsthatwed k l hcreatedtorunviaaTaskFlowwithoutanyuser

initiation


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CreatingTasksintheTaskManager1 O h T k M Thi i ll i ll d

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1. OpenuptheTaskManager.ThisisusuallyinstalledontheFDMApplicationserver

2 Cli k T k N T k2. ClickonTask NewTask3. ClickontheGeneralTabandEnterinthefollowing

informationinformation TaskName AnyNamefortheTask FDM Application Select from available applicationsFDMApplication Selectfromavailableapplications ActionScript TheScriptthatyouwishtorun(AnyCustom

GeneralorCustomWebscript)


UserInformation

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CreatingTasksintheTaskManager(cont)4 Cli k h S h d l T b d h h f h

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4. ClickontheScheduleTabandchoosehowoftenthescriptshouldrun

Frequency Repeat Weekly Monthly Frequency Repeat,Weekly,Monthly Repeat Thisisonlyforrepeat Schedule If Weekly or Monthly, select scheduleSchedule IfWeeklyorMonthly,selectschedule



BatchLoaderReports


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BatchLoader FDMReportsThe Finit Solutions Series

ThereareseveralstandardFDMreportsthatcanbeused to monitor and track the batch loading process

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usedtomonitorandtrackthebatchloadingprocess

TheyarealllistedintheBatchReportsGroup Batch Listing A simple listing of all of the batches that haveBatchListing Asimplelistingofallofthebatchesthathave

beenrun BatchFileListing Detailstheactualfilenamesinvolvedinall

of the batchesofthebatches BatchErrorListing showserrorsinthebatchprocess

(woulddisplaythesametypeoferrorsasamanualrun) BatchProcessingStatus Showsthedetailsofabatchthatis

currentlyprocessing Batch Auto Map Changes Will show the details of records


BatchAutoMapChanges Willshowthedetailsofrecordsthathavebeenmappedusingtheautomapfeature

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BatchListing Asimplelistingofallofthebatchesthathavebeenrun

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Batch File Listing Details the actual filenames involved in all of BatchFileListing Detailstheactualfilenamesinvolvedinallofthebatches


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BatchErrorListing showserrorsinthebatchprocess(woulddisplaythesametypeoferrorsasamanualrun)

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BatchLoader RealSolutionsThe Finit Solutions Series

WehavehadmanyclientsusetheFDMBatchLoader in many different ways

atc oade ea So ut o s

Loaderinmanydifferentways LoadingHistoricalData

l l ExcelTemplates LightsoutautomationintoHyperionEnterprise Lightsoutautomationtopulldatafromsource

systemsandloadthroughtoHFM


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