Oracle Essbase 9 Implementation Guide- P82 pps

Essbase System 9 Components [ 390 ] Take a look at the following screenshot to see an example of how easy and intuitive using Oracle Essbase Financial Reporting really is: On top of the reporting capabilities, Oracle Financial Reporting also has functionality that allows the user to schedule batch report generation, distribute reports, and divert reports to a holding area. Then, to complete the process, Oracle Financial Reporting can be used to send notications to specied recipients when their reports are ready. Smart View for Microsoft Ofce As you know, Oracle Essbase comes with an Add-in tool designed to be used in Microsoft Excel. It is this add-in that is one of Essbase's biggest strengths and also makes all of the various data analysts very happy. Oracle, being the industry leader that they are, did not stop with the Essbase Add-in for Microsoft Excel. Oracle realized that in addition to making the data analysts very happy, it would probably be a good idea to make the ashy sales people and the big shot executives very happy as well. With Essbase version 9.x and higher, Oracle has introduced a new product called Smart View. Oracle Essbase Smart View, simply put, is like an Essbase Add-In for the entire Microsoft Ofce suite of applications. In today's world of on demand this and real time that, just imagine a tool that allows you to go into a meeting with your beautifully prepared Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that itself is now directly connected to the Essbase database. Your presentation will always have up-to-the-second and accurate data. Also, imagine that you need to send a quick email to your team alerting them to some data condition that needs immediate attention. Well, your email can also connect directly to the database and will contain up-to-the-second data. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com Chapter 11 [ 391 ] In the following screenshot, you can see how Smart View will dynamically update values in a Microsoft Excel object embedded in a Microsoft Word document. You can do this with PowerPoint and Outlook email as well. Wait, there's more. No more trying to hastily update Microsoft Word documents in a pinch either. You guessed it, embedded into your document is a dynamic connection to your Essbase database. Oracle Smart View also works effortlessly with Microsoft Excel. Summary As you can see, the Oracle Essbase family is about as complete as one could possibly want or need it to be. It seems that if there is ever a need that is unfullled in the Business Intelligence arena, Oracle will ll it and ll it better than anyone else. One stop shopping has never been true than it is with Oracle. Whatever your Business Intelligence, OLAP, or Analytic computing needs, there is an Oracle Essbase product that will satisfy your requirements better than any other product. When multiple products are used together as part of the Essbase System, they are truly unbeatable. Just remember, it all started with Essbase and Essbase is still the OLAP, Business Intelligence, and Analytic foundation today. This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com A New Essbase Companion— Oracle Smart View As you know, Oracle Essbase comes with an add-in tool designed to be used in Microsoft Excel. It is this add-in that is one of Essbase's biggest strengths. As you also know, it is this add-in that makes all of the various data analysts very happy as well. Oracle, being the industry leader, they are, did not stop with the Essbase Add-in for Microsoft Excel. They realized that in addition to making the data analysts happy, it would probably be a good idea to make the ash and dash executives happy as well. Oracle has introduced, with Essbase version 9.x, a new product called Smart View. Oracle Smart View, simply put, is like an Essbase Add-in for the entire Microsoft Ofce suite of applications. In today's world of on demand this and real time that, just imagine a tool that allows you to go into a meeting with your beautifully prepared Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that is directly connected to the Essbase database. Your presentation will always have up-to-the-second and accurate data. Also imagine that you need to send a quick email to your team alerting them to some data condition that needs immediate attention. Well, your email can also connect directly to the Essbase database and will contain upto the second data! Wait, there's more! No more trying to hastily update Microsoft Word documents in a pinch either. You guessed it, embedded into your document is a dynamic connection to the Essbase database! Oh, and in case you are wondering, Oracle Smart View works effortlessly with Microsoft Excel too! Does it get any better than this? This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com A New Essbase Companion—Oracle Smart View [ 394 ] Smart View is like having your cake and being able to eat it too! Now, let's jump in and see how we can make the best use of Oracle Smart View for reporting your data. Reporting with Oracle Smart View The installation of Smart View is very easy. Along with Oracle Smart View, you will also need to install Oracle Shared Services, formerly the Oracle Hub, or Oracle Provider Services. Smart View can be used with all Oracle products, such as Essbase, Oracle Planning, and Financial Reporting. When installing Oracle Smart View in Microsoft Excel, there is no need to uninstall the Essbase Add-In, you can simply install right on top of it. After Smart View is installed you should see an Hyperion menu pick on the main toolbar in Microsoft Excel, this will be in addition to the Essbase menu pick. You should now also see the Hyperion menu pick on the toolbars for Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and on any of the other Microsoft Ofce components you have installed on your computer. By clicking on the Hyperion menu pick added to your toolbar, you see a listing of the entire menu available to you as shown in the following screenshot: This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by Paul Corcorran on 5th July 2009 8601 ave. p #1, , lubbock, , 79423 Download at Boykma.Com . executives very happy as well. With Essbase version 9. x and higher, Oracle has introduced a new product called Smart View. Oracle Essbase Smart View, simply put, is like an Essbase Add-In for the entire. formerly the Oracle Hub, or Oracle Provider Services. Smart View can be used with all Oracle products, such as Essbase, Oracle Planning, and Financial Reporting. When installing Oracle Smart. and dash executives happy as well. Oracle has introduced, with Essbase version 9. x, a new product called Smart View. Oracle Smart View, simply put, is like an Essbase Add-in for the entire Microsoft