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The latest bundle patch set has been available for OBIEE for a few months now. We have noticed an issue where the SQL generated by the RPD is different after the Patch set is applied.

Does this Typical Planning (Budget) Process sound familiar?

Latest Version of Hyperion is 11.1.2.2, With the recent release of the newest version of EPM, 11.1.2.2, Hyperion has introduced new functionality in Essbase and Planning, including...

Much of the focus at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 was around the exciting new Fusion CRM applications (we will have plenty to blog about that later), but also some interesting future product information for our Oracle CRM On Demand clients.

This post explains how to setup ibots in OBIEE 11g. In this case, the ibot setup was done by the weblogic OBIEE administrator. ibots are received by the end user and the end user login is integrated to OBIEE 11g from EBS. The limitation on this setup is that the end user can’t create iBots and send it to another user. Only weblogic administrator can login to OBIEE directly and create the ibots.

I came across a requirement where a client wanted to see specific records that had end dates before 30, 60, or 90 days from now. In other words the client wanted to dynamically change the date range to include records with a date less than Today’s Date + (30,60,90 days).

Why it’s not possible to modify a P&L statement just through the OBIA csv files?

We recently ran into an issue that most clients who use OBIA Financials encounter. We want to show two revenue line items on the BI apps prebuilt P&L dashboard (for example: Line of business #1 Revenue and Line of business #2 Revenue). The account group names from file_group_acct_names partially determine what shows up on the balance sheet and income statement.

When it comes to implementing a business solution, it is not only critical to pick the correct tool but also the correct project leadership and implementation partner. Of the two tales represented here, the one succeeded for the following reasons...

For customers installing Oracle Business Intelligence (Financial) Applications a very useful customization can be done in a few steps that will add a nice bit of familiarity for reviewers of the financial statements.

The architecture for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications (OBIA) includes several components. Understanding these components is prerequisite to a successful OBIA implementation. A brief description of each component is included below the diagram.